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Increasing Access to Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Through a Pilot Feasibility Study of a Group Clinical Supervision Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2006

Neil J. Kitchiner ,
Bethan Phillips ,
Neil Roberts  and
Jonathan I. Bisson
Neil J. Kitchiner
Affiliation:
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Dept of Traumatic Stress Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Bethan Phillips
Affiliation:
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Dept of Traumatic Stress Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Neil Roberts
Affiliation:
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Dept of Traumatic Stress Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Jonathan I. Bisson
Affiliation:
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Dept of Traumatic Stress Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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Abstract

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Trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TFCBT) is recommended as a first line treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unfortunately, it is not widely available, often resulting in long waits for sufferers. We attempted to overcome this through a pilot feasibility study of brief training and supervision with a group of mental health professionals (MHPs). The MHPs attended a structured weekly clinical supervision group adhering to a cognitive therapy model of supervision. Eleven PTSD sufferers were treated during the pilot phase. Davidson Trauma Scale scores dropped by a mean of 36.5 points (95% C.I. 12.8, 60.5) over the course of treatment. Group Clinical Supervision for TFCBT appears to have the potential to offer a clinically and cost-effective model of maximizing treatment availability for PTSD sufferers.

Keywords

PTSDtraumatic stressgroup supervisioncognitive behaviour therapyclinical supervision
Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 251 - 254
Copyright
2006 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
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