Conference programme

The objective of the workshops was to provide familiarisation of the issues of trauma and posttraumatic disorders, both from a theoretical standpoint, and to practitioners professionally involved on a day-to-day basis with counselling and psychological assistance. EWOTS participants also had the opportunity of taking part in workshops in preparation for obtaining the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology.

Plenary lectures:

Male and female response to traumatic stress
prof. Miranda Olff (University of Amsterdam)

Pharmacological treatment of PTSD
doc. dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Ilnicki (Military Medical Institute)

The development of the PTSD diagnosis - from Horowitz' stress response model to the exclusion of the dysphoria factor
prof. Ask Elklit (University of Aarhus)

Workshops

Level I (basic):

Crisis intervention in the situation of traumatic loss
dr Wanda Badura

Rape victims - vulnerabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, and multidisciplinarian treatment response
prof. Ask Elklit

Psychological Treatment of PTSD (C)
prof. Berthold P. R.Gersons & prof. Norbert Gurris

Treatment of complex PTSD (C)
prof. Norbert Gurris

Presentation of experiences in the treatment of PTSD at the Military Medical Institute – Department of Psychiatry and Combat Stress
doc. dr hab. n. med.  Stanisław Ilnicki and collaborators

Introduction to traumatic stress studies (C)  (full-day workshop)
prof. Maja Lis-Turlejska, dr Anna Bokszczanin, mgr Agnieszka Bratkiewicz, mgr Anna Buingoc

Traumatic Stress Reactions and treatment in children and adolescents (C)
prof. Raija-Leena Punamaki

Early intervention following trauma (C)
prof. Brigitte Lueger-Schuster,  prof. Miranda Olff

Working with women – victims of violence
prof. Aysen Ufuk  Sezgin (Kocaeli University)

Level II (advanced):

Measurement of trauma exposure and PTSD, including Polish adaptations of questionnaire tools
dr Roman Cieślak, mgr Szymon Szumiał

The detection and group treatment of chronic PTSD in disasterstriken children
prof. Ask Elklit

Brief Eclectic Therapy for PTSD (C)
prof. Berthold P.R. Gersons

Therapy of patients with dual diagnosis of PTSD and substance dependence
dr Michael Hase

Introduction to EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
dr Michael Hase

Motivational Therapy as a new approach in trauma treatment
mgr Iga Jaraczewska, mgr Anna Buingoc

Trauma Focused Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy of PTSD
dr Neil Roberts

Psychological problems of American veterans of the war in Iraq
doc. dr hab. Ryszard Romaniuk

Neurophysiological approach to trauma, PTSD and addictions
doc. dr hab. Ryszard Romaniuk

Neuroimaging and traumatic stress
mgr Paweł Soluch

Psychotherapy of patients who experienced chronic trauma in childhood
dr Agnieszka Widera-Wysoczańska

Therapy of PTSD, using the “virtual reality exposure” technique
Dr Mark Heiman i prof. prof. Brenda K. Wiederhold

Psychodynamic contributions to theory and practice of clinical work with trauma victims
dr Lutz Wittmann

Dreaming in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
dr Lutz Wittmann

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(C)  Workshop in preparation for obtaining the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology