Discuss the spectrum of trauma-related diagnoses with respect to specific symptoms that overlap

1.Discuss the spectrum of trauma-related diagnoses with respect to specific symptoms that overlap. Pick one trauma-related DSM diagnosis and identify what might be some, and differential diagnoses.

2.Identify goals of treatment for trauma.

3.What happens physiologically during dissociation, and what would you observe in the patient who dissociated during a session?

4.Fill out the DES, which is included in Chapter 3 on yourself and score it. Keep track with a log of all the times you notice yourself dissociating over the course of the next week.

5.How would you know whether a person was stabilized and ready to go on to processing?

6.Discuss why a person who has been traumatized as a child most likely has pervasive feelings of guilt.

7.Develop a comprehensive plan of all the potential issues and strategies that you need to teach a patient who has flashbacks.

8.Explain why mindfulness underlies all stabilization, why you should develop this skill, and how you plan to do so.

9 Practice the progressive muscle relaxation exercise and the safe/calm place exercise in Appendices 13.2 and 1.7 with a friend or family member. Ask for feedback so that you can improve.