Clear Thinking Out Loud

This podcast is the narrated version of my article 3 Ways To Spot Trauma In Your Clients. As a therapist, counsellor or psychologist, once you learn about PTSD and how it manifests, it can be easy to see trauma everywhere. But out of every 100 people who experience a traumatic event, only 20-25 will go on to develop symptoms of PTSD. But it’s not too difficult to tell whether a client is traumatized or not. In this episode I talk about: The incredible shrinking memory Trance – the double edged sword Test 1: Can they actually talk about it? Test 2: Does it still feel recent? Test 3: Do even nebulous ‘reminders’ set off flashbacks? Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below: References/Notes: Wilson, J.P and Keane, T.M (1997) Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD. The Guilford Press. Yard, S.S., DuHamel, K.N., Galynker, I.I. (2008) Hypnotizability as a potential risk factor for posttraumatic stress: a review of quantitative studies. The International Journal of Clinical and Expe