Postgraduate Diploma Practitioner in Complex Trauma

University of Buckingham

Equip yourself with the therapeutic skills you need to address complex trauma by integrating evidence-based theories with practice.Elevate your practice and become equipped to provide psychological services to those who require specialised trauma care. The Postgraduate Diploma Practitioner in Complex Trauma has been established to support professionals working clinically with adults affected by prolonged or significant exposure to trauma and adversity. You will develop professional competences to provide psychological services to those who require specialised trauma care.Complex PTSD is a novel diagnosis, although traumatology has long acknowledged the spectrum of complexities in trauma related needs. Yet, current psychological assessment and treatment approaches often fail to differentiate between varying levels of complexity, in the context of limited evidence relating to the efficacy of treatments for complex trauma, specifically. As an emerging field, with a limited, and growing, evidence base, this can create challenges for clinicians wanting to ensure their service users have access to the latest evidence-based models and approaches to treatment.This course has been developed in recognition that individuals with more complex and enduring needs require nuanced approaches to conceptualising service models and treatments. It adopts a holistic approach to the needs of people who have been exposed to prolonged or significant incidents of adversity or trauma.The PGDip operates within a framework of emphasising the idiosyncratic care needs of service users to provide specialist complex trauma care. It provides students with the opportunity to develop trauma-sensitive practice within their organisations and team. There is also a strong emphasis on theory-driven and integrated approaches, and from working from the evidence base, including acknowledging, and working with their limitations.

Medicine