Service Description

(For Registered Psychologists, Mental Health Professionals, and Medical Practitioners only) Cognitive Control Training (CCT) is a brief, evidence based, Cognitive Therapy training intervention suitable for addressing the traumatic memories of severely disturbed clients. CCT seeks to relieve PTSD by fostering beneficial beliefs about symptoms and self-efficacy, teaching self-mastery cognitive skills for controlling the physiological and emotional impact of trauma imagery, and by encouraging active coping strategies for engaging with and emotionally processing re-experiencing symptoms. A distinctive feature of CCT is that trauma memories are not discussed, and non-traumatic autobiographical memories are used to teach clients methods for beneficially changing and reducing the emotional impact of trauma memory imagery. The aim of the workshop is to give each participant: • The ability to effectively use Cognitive Control Training techniques • Up-to-date models of the onset, maintenance and therapeutic relief of PTSD • The ability to more flexibly and gently treat clients suffering severe PTSD