Dealing with the Effects of Trauma - A Self-Help Guide (published by the US DHHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

Understanding PTSD Booklet (put out by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs) educational booklet that serves as an “orientation” to PTSD and PTSD treatment

National Center for PTSD (put out by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs) website that educates about PTSD and treatment; Recommendation: look for a table of contents in the upper left corner and work through the website contents.

Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (05/2018; put out by the US Nat’l Institutes of Health). This is a pretty dense, research-filled overview that is 616 pages long; this is way more than the average person needs, but here it is if you’re interested in diving deeper.

PTSD Basics - General PTSD information from the National Center for PTSD (put out by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs)

TREATMENT TACTICS (these tactics have been adapted and adopted from a wide range of sources)

• Coping Strategy Options Checklist Checklist for a selection of tools/tactics taught in therapy

• Square Breathing, Feeling it Through, & Therapeutic Journaling Acute and chronic calming tools; emotional exposure tools; Emotional discharge tools

• “Calm Breathing” Tactic Another breathing tactic to help "take the edge off” of anxiety; this site has brief and longer recordings to guide the listener through the exercise (published by the Anxiety Disorders Association of British Columbia - Anxiety Canada™)

• Handout: Tutorial: Inside Outside Technique Acute and chronic emotional discharge tool; emotional exposure tool; acute calming tool

• Handout: Tutorial: Light Stream Technique Emotional discharge tool

• Handout: Tutorial: How to “Install” Desired Beliefs, Feelings, and Attitudes Emotional/cognitive enhancement tool; emotional discharge tool

• Tutorial: Graduated Exposure Tactic Anxiety, avoidance, and fear reduction tool; this tool has a high level of research validation (published by CRUfadClinic, UNSW, & St Vincent’ Hospital in Australia)

• Tutorial: Relaxation Training First step of trauma and anxiety treatment (published by CRUfadClinic, UNSW, & St Vincent Hospital in Australia)

• Tutorial: Cognitive Therapy Module: Early Stage Thought Management Training Introduction to thought management tactics; Step 1 to cognitive therapy which is highly empirically supported for the treatment a wide number of mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression (published by CRUfadClinic, UNSW, & St Vincent Hospital in Australia)

• Tutorial: Tackling Thoughts: Early Stage Thought Management Training Introduction to thought management tactics; Step 1 to cognitive therapy which is highly empirically supported for the treatment a wide number of mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression (published by CRUfadClinic, UNSW, & St Vincent Hospital in Australia)

• Handout: CBT: Self-help form to address worry - created by John Ludgate, PhD

• Handout: CBT: Self-coaching for Fear Exposure Homework is used to reduce tension/anxiety/fear when facing triggering stimuli