Corporate programme for PTSD: the FOCUS solution

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is characterised by a series of symptoms (nightmares, flashbacks, irritability or excessive anger, hypervigilance...) which last more than one month after having been exposed to a traumatic external stressor (accidents, natural disasters, agressions, rape, torture, bereavement, etc..). Untreated, those symptoms may increase in intensity and frequency, leaving the individual in a state of constant physical and  emotional constant alertness. This may lead to panic attacks, acute paranoia, depression and suicide.

Uniform professions such as firefighters, the police force, the army, but also emergency medical units are particularly concerned by PTSD. Some people will not develop any symptoms after having experienced a traumatic event; some others will develop an acute stress response which, at that stage, is not considered as a PTSD. If your employees present symptoms of PTSD that last more than one month after the traumatic event, it is time to seek professional help.

The 5 good reasons for putting in place our Corporate programme for PTSD:

• your staff are highly emotional, and react in an unusual way towards items that remind them of the traumatic event that they experienced or witnessed
• your employees avoid venues, activities, thoughts or feelings that remind them of the traumatic event
• your staff suffer from flashbacks relating to the traumatic event
• your employees show signs of concentration problems in their work and suffer from chronic fatigue
• your staff are constantly in a 'fight or flight' mode, (hyper-vigilance)

Our Corporate programme for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders is based on a one-day course and comprises of two phases:

Part I: introduction to PTSD, its causes and presenting symptoms
Part II: introduction to the Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) protocol based on 8 phases

Part III: preparation phase of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder using relaxation, breathing techniques, anchors and other self-soothing techniques

One of our consultants will either organise this Corporate programme in our premises in Harley Street, London, or directly in your work place.

If you are a Small or Medium business and wish to book this Corporate programme, please call Stephanie Faivre on 07515550902 to discuss this further.

N.B.: The FOCUS Corporate programmes only run on Saturday mornings between 9-12 Noon. Corporate prices are not included in our Online Shopping Cart. They are however available on demand.