Post Traumatic Stress & Anxiety Disorders
6-HR Home Study #20-459908

APPROVED BY: FL BOM, NCBTMB, and State Boards Accepting NCBTMB Providers/Courses.
Not Approved NY BOM or LABMT.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Discover essential details of the causes of PTSD and other anxiety disorders and the best massage protocol. This course discusses the difference between PTSD and other anxieties. Explore the unknowns of PTSD from a military perspective and otherwise. Learn about the types of massage best suited for anxiety disorders and how to safely deliver an effective treatment for those suffering from these conditions.

This course includes:

·       Causes, effects, and statistics.

·       Differences between types.

·       Physical, mental, and social impact and how massage can help.

·       Relevance in sharing quantified studies. 

·       Studies that validate massage as a viable therapy for conditions discussed.

·       Types of massage techniques that work best.

·       Setting up the therapy room to accommodate the PTSD/anxiety client.

·       Communication samples for reaching out to PTSD military families.

·       Burton Goldberg on “Curing Depression.”

·       Discussions on the following:

o   PTSD

o   OCD

o   GAD

o   PHOBIAS

o   PANIC ATTACKS

o   STRESS

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Objective: Understand the causes and effects of anxiety disorders.
Outcome: For developing protocols unique to individual conditions.

Objective: Distinguish between Post Traumatic Stress and other types of anxiety disorders.
Outcome: For developing protocols unique to individual conditions.

Objective: Realize the impact of added stress placed on and/or created from these disorders.
Outcome: To properly prepare oneself and the massage therapy environment to avoid triggers.

Objective: Explain the relevance of quantified scientific studies.
Outcome:  To validate the benefits and results of massage therapy and other types of bodywork and alternative practices.

Objective: Discover the unknowns of PTSD from a military perspective. 
Outcome: To be better prepared during the massage treatment.

Objective: Examine samples of public education.
Outcome: Communicate the option of massage therapy and how it helps people with PTSD and other anxiety disorders.

Objective: Discuss types of massage techniques best suited for people with PTSD and/or other anxiety disorders.
Outcome: So that they can know what to expect and can ask questions prior to the session.

Objective: Obtaining knowledge of other treatments your clients undertake.
Outcome: To coordinate the various sessions for safe and most effective outcome.