Integrative Therapies for Traumatic Stress Management:

developing coping skills through cognitive processing therapy and artistic practices

The workshop “Integrative Therapies For Traumatic Stress Management” is rooted in the powerful concept of cognitive processing work in conjunction with expression through creative practices, which reduces PTSD symptoms and depression and makes it easier to process personal traumatic experiences.

This program is designed to help develop techniques to manage personal traumatic stress through a combination of the following methods:

• CBT-based recreational cognitive processing work,

• Integrative artistic practices for the development of coping skills,

• Comprehensive education about the physiology of trauma,

• Guided introduction to art as a language of emotioons.

The 8-week program combines PTSD coping skills, group therapy, and art experience to help individuals to identify and heal varying degrees and different types of trauma in a supportive multimodality healing group. In the joint exploration of underlying issues, the coaching team and clients build a shared understanding of the problem and continue learning coping skills by combining cognitive exercises and art practices.

• Week 1. Introduction to PTSD, trauma assessment, intro group therapy: sharing stories. (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D)

• Week 2. Didactic CEPS (Cognitive skills, Emotional Regulation skills, Physical Relaxation skills, Self-Care behaviors.) (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D, Eva Vernitska) • Week 3. Didactic CEPS, intro Art Practices. (Dr. Steven Reed Ph.D, Eva Vernitska)

• Week 4. Group Mid-Course assessment, Art Practices. (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D, Eva Vernitska)

• Week 5. Group CEPS, Art Practices. (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D, Eva Vernitska)

• Week 6. Group CEPS, Art Practices. (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D, Eva Vernitska)

• Week 7. Art Practices. (Eva Vernitska)

• Week 8. Group feedback, final assessment. (Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D, Eva Vernitska)

WORKSHOP DETAILS:

January 11, 2023- March 8, 2023 (8 weeks), Wednesday, 6-8 PM

Presented by: Pacific Northwest Art Laboratory (Bellevue, WA)

Facilitated by: Dr. Steven Reed, Ph. D (Bellevue,WA), Eva Vernitska, PNWAL (Bellevue,WA)

Location: Pacific Northwest Art Laboratory 123 112th Ave NE, Suite 3, Bellevue, WA 98004