Crowd-sourcing acceptance: treating shame in PTSD through targeted surveys - October 2025

A 1.5-hour on-line training event

Once a person begins PTSD treatment, bridging the gap between behaviour change, and shifts in the emotions and core beliefs that maintain complex PTSD can be difficult and time-consuming.  This is particularly challenging when the individual with PTSD thinks that beliefs that fuel shame, self-hatred, and avoidance are shared by the broader social context.

Recent advances in offering PTSD treatment to individuals with multiple complex psychological problems and high-risk behaviours (Bohus et al., 2020; Harned, 2022) have been game-changers in this field.  This 1.5-hour webinar focusses on the application of principles of the prolonged exposure protocol for dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT-PE) to working with individuals with complex PTSD to amplify reciprocal learning from new behaviour in our communities.  It is likely to be most relevant to practitioners working with ACC sensitive claimants, but is also applicable to practitioners working in other contexts that involve complicated trauma and impulsive behaviour.

Select readings:

• Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Andrew, M., Cooper, R., & Lewis, C. (2013). Psychological therapies for chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Cochrane database of systematic reviews(12).
• Bohus, M., Kleindienst, N., Hahn, C., Müller-Engelmann, M., Ludäscher, P., Steil, R., . . . Stiglmayr, C. (2020). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD) Compared With Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in Complex Presentations of PTSD in Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry, 77(12), 1235-1245.
• Harned, M. S. (2022). Treating Trauma in Dialectical Behavior Therapy: The DBT Prolonged Exposure Protocol (DBT PE): Guilford Publications.
• Lewis, C., Roberts, N. P., Andrew, M., Starling, E., & Bisson, J. I. (2020). Psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1729633.

Note:

• You can enrol for this training and the 'Readiness in PTSD treatment' training for the total price of NZ$200+GST. To do so, first enrol in the 'Readiness in PTSD treatment' event. You will receive a registration code to use when registering for this event. This code will apply the discount when you book the second course.
• A 50% discount is available for practitioners who identify as Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or for whom Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander comprise more than 50% of your caseload. Before registering, please contact us using our contact page with 'attention Emily' in the subject line to sort the details of this. This web-based training includes sensitive and private material and examples. By registering, you agree to join in a confidential setting where others cannot see or hear the content of the training.

About our on-line training:

Our online live trainings are designed to support practitioners in their DBT-related practice and professional development. A single DBT trainer will present an area of DBT study and progress its application to your context. Events may involve activities, discussion and Q+A for participants. You will need a suitable device with a webcam and a reliable internet connection capable of streaming 'youtube' style video. When registered, we will send more information about the process of joining and participating in the Zoom meeting.

Training Level

This is an intermediate to advanced level training. This event is designed for mental health professionals and trainees who have familiarity with DBT and are interested in expanding their knowledge. 

1. A registration is for one person. To successfully manage the event, we expect only one person to join the webinar as part of your registration.
2. You agree not to record the meeting in any way. You agree not to distribute materials to other persons without prior agreement.
3. Registrations are confirmed only when payment is received.
4. Payment must be made before the training. By registering you accept liability for the costs of the training.
5. Cancellations must be notified to us by email (or the website contact form) with full identifying information.
6. Cancellations received more than seven days before the event will receive a refund of the fees paid less an administration charge of $100+GST (for each event).
7. Refunds cannot be given after that date. Refunds will not be available until after the event.
8. A colleague may be substituted for no extra charge if we are notified at least two business days before the training event.
9. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration will be fully refunded but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.
10. Online statements of attendance can be downloaded by all participants from this page. Printed certificates of attendance are not available for this event.
11. You agree to join the online event from a quiet private location. Privacy is required in order for us to show confidential material which may include session videos.