Blog posts with the tag "Treatment"

Staff Perspective: Helping Clients Slay their Dragons through Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games (TA-RPGs)

By Brian Ludden  on 07.05.2025 11:43 am
Dr. Brian Ludden

When the world shut down in 2020, I found freedom and healing not in my living room—but in a forgotten forest, as a chaotic hero with a big sword and even bigger self-doubts. It is early March of 2020, and an unprecedented event is taking place around the world. A global pandemic on a scale that few living today have ever experienced has halted daily life as we know it. The world has shut down and for many of us the way we interact with our jobs has changed drastically.

Research at CDP: The Turning Training into Action Study

By  on 15.04.2025 10:03 am

The collaboration study "Turning Training into Action: Translating Training of Behavioral Health Providers into Evidence-Based Practices" is led by Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth from the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, with CDP site-PI Jeffrey Cook. The study utilizes the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program, a training and referral system used by the National Guard Bureau to elevate the standard of community-based behavioral health services. SBHP recruits and equips community providers with evidence-based knowledge through online and in-person training delivered to thousands across the country.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “It's Not What You're Doing. It's Why You're Doing It: Complex Cases and EBPs"

By Jenna Ermold  on 02.04.2025 10:41 am
Dr. Jenna Ermold

Complex cases… The rule? Or the exception? In this episode of Practical for Your Practice, we sit down with Dr. Aaron Brinen, who argues that complexity is often the norm when it comes to client cases. Dr. Brinen shares valuable insights on how to effectively serve clients with complex issues, emphasizing the importance of a thorough case formulation. We dive deep into how this process can lead to more effective strategies for change.

Staff Perspective: Military Families with Children Who Have Special Needs

By Jessica Strong  on 26.03.2025 9:27 am
Dr. Jessica Strong

As a military spouse, mother of three extraordinary military children, and researcher on military families, I know military families and children are resilient. Like many other military families, our story includes cross-country and global moves, navigating the emotional terrain of multiple deployments, making friends and moving away from them, and growing through it all. However, personally and through my research, I also know that resilience isn't an innate characteristic; it's a dynamic quality that is carefully cultivated.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “You Are NOT Unacceptable: Traumatic Invalidation and PTSD”

By Jenna Ermold  on 19.03.2025 10:29 am
Dr. Jenna Ermold

Traumatic invalidation is a powerful and often misunderstood concept that can play a significant role in the development and maintenance of PTSD. In our latest P4P episode, we sit down with Dr. Robin Brody who shared her insights on what traumatic invalidation is and how it contributes to trauma responses, including PTSD.

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