2010 Peter M. Bry Clinical Training on "Diagnosis and Effective Treatments for PTSD in Adults and Adolescents"

Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., a leading authority on issues related to trauma, will present "Effective Treatments for PTSD" at the 2010 Peter M. Bry Clinical Training Seminar at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel. She is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Personality, from University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1970. Dr. Foa devoted her academic career to study the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, primarily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social phobia and is currently one of the world leading experts in these areas.

Dr. Foa has published several books and over 300 articles and book chapters and has lectured extensively around the world. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Among them are: Distinguished Professor Award under the Fulbright Program for International Exchange of Scholars; Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology; First Annual Outstanding Research Contribution Award presented by the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy; Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association; Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; and the 2006 Senior Scholar Fulbright Award.

This full-day workshop will provide front line clinicians with the state-of-the-art skills treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). Sponsored by CPC Behavioral Healthcare and the New Jersey Association of School Social Workers, the Peter M. Bry Clinical Training provides professionals from both the mental health and education fields with continuing education opportunities.

• To teach participants how to diagnose PTSD
• To present a theoretical conceptualization of factors involved in the development of PTSD
• To describe the empirical evidence for the efficacy of exposure therapy
• To train participants how to conduct Prolonged Exposure Therapy, the most empirically supported therapy for PTSD7:30 am - 8:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

Schedule at a Glance

8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome - John Mans, CEO, and Gene Kaplan, Director of Training

8:30 am - 9:30 am Diagnosis and psychopathology of PTSD

9:30 am - 10:30 am Empirically-supported, psychotherapeutic
treatments for chronic PTSD and comparative efficacy of these treatment approaches

10:30 am - 10:45 am Break

10:45 am - 12:45 pm The safety, acceptability, and disseminability of PE

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Implementing treatment components of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: psychoeducation, breathing training, in-vivo exposure to safe but avoided trauma reminders, and imaginal exposure to memories of traumatic events

4:00 pm Evaluations

6 Clinical CEUs, pending approval by the NASW-NJ, will be provided to attendees who complete the entire seminar from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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