Therapy

The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre offers assessment and treatment of psychological reactions to trauma, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). We offer help to people who suffer from their experience of traumatic life events, for example:-

• Accidents, such as road traffic accidents, industrial, domestic or medical accidents
• Sudden, traumatic losses, for example that of a child
• Disasters, such as train crashes, gas explosions, building collapses or even environmental disasters
• Natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes or forest fires
• Acts of domestic violence, such as physical, sexual or emotional abuse
• Acts of human violence, crime and terror
• Acts of war and political crime, such as torture
• Rape and date rape
• Childhood sexual abuse

The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre also provides help with a variety of stressful life-events, for example:-

• Bereavement and Loss
• Coming to terms with medical illness
• Marital difficulties and divorce
• Fertility-related distress
• Miscarriage, stillbirth or unwanted termination
• Surgical procedures
• Occupational stress
• Redundancy, dismissal or relocation
• Examination stress

We offer a specialist medico-legal assessment and treatment service to Solicitors for use with clients suffering from trauma or stress-related problems.

Supervision, training and consultancy

The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre offers one-to-one as well as group clinical supervision to other therapists and professionals. Registered and accredited therapists in these areas can offer supervision on CBT and EMDR practice.

We also offer training workshops in a wide range of traumatic and stress-related areas. These workshops are suitable for therapists, healthcare professionals, professional interest groups, healthcare and voluntary services and business and organizational settings.

Example topic areas in the past have included:-

• How to recognize trauma
• How to work with trauma
• Trauma and self-esteem
• Schema-focussed therapy
• Working with severe childhood abuses
• Vicarious traumatization
• Stress management for senior managers in organizations
• and many others.

Self-help literature and education

The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre also offers a mail-order book service, which specializes in a wide range of self-help books both in the trauma and stress field, as well as in other related mental health areas. We also provide a bookstall with self-help literature for conferences and other large professional gatherings.

Who can refer?

• Clients can contact the service directly
• G.P.s and other Healthcare Professionals wanting to make specialist referrals
• G.P.s or Psychiatrists as part of a client's private Healthcare Insurance Plan
• Parents seeking help for their children
• Teachers for advice with specific pupils
• Private or public sector agencies or organizations seeking help for their employees or requiring training
• Professionals wanting supervision or training