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Trauma
Services
How
can we help you?
At the
Eastbourne Clinic we offer an in-patient service for individuals
who have experienced a significant psychological trauma.
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most common diagnostic
category used to describe symptoms following exposure to
such an event. Because traumatic experiences shatter the
very foundations of our beliefs and threaten our safety
and ability to trust, here at the Clinic, we place great
emphasis on the re-building of personal security and well-being.
Because of their unique experience and the circumstances
of presentation, treatment programmes are individually tailored
to meet the specific concerns of the individual.
The
Clinic is staffed by practitioners with extensive experience
working in the area of trauma and PTSD. We combine individual
psychotherapy and group work, using methods that have been
shown in outcome studies to be helpful in resolving PTSD
and associated conditions. Pharmacological treatment is
used in conjunction with psychological intervention, and
we also embrace complementary therapies within our overall
therapeutic milieu.
Who
is the service for?
We accept
referrals arising from many different traumatic events,
including:
- Natural
disaster, e.g., hurricane, flood, earthquake.
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Motor vehicle accident, train crash or shipping disaster.
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Physical and sexual assault.
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Bombing and other terrorist action.
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Torture or combat injury.
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Kidnapping or hostage situations.
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Surviving violent death or injury of others.
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Childbirth or miscarriage.
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Victim of robbery or crime.
Symptoms
It is
likely that patients admitted to the Clinic for treatment
of severe psychological trauma and / or PTSD, will be experiencing
clinically significant symptoms, including:
Avoidance
- of people and situations which may remind and trigger
intrusive memories, this is often typified by withdrawal
and numbing.
Hyper-arousal
- such as hyper-vigilance and increased startle response,
this will frequently be accompanied by extreme symptoms
of physical and psychological anxiety.
Re-experiencing
- with intrusive thoughts and memories, often in the form
of nightmares and flashbacks, where the traumatic event
may be re-experienced.
Other
Services Available
Education
and training in Critical Incident Stress Management for
organisations and agencies involved in trauma or where they
may encounter such situations.
Tuition
for G.P's, mental health professionals and other health
service staff, e.g., Accident and Emergency, Burns, Orthopaedic
specialities.
Assessment
and evaluation of PTSD symptomatology for litigation or
disability claims.
Outpatient
treatment - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement
Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Counselling and
Psychotherapy, Family therapy and couple work, Group therapy,
including Anxiety and Anger Management, Relaxation and Stress
Management.
Critical
Incident Psychological De-briefing.
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