TY  - JOUR
AB  - Although trauma-focused interventions are the first-line therapies for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they are not frequently used in clinical practice. Factors preventing therapists from applying trauma-focused methods include a lack of training and negative attitudes towards trauma-focused therapy. The aim of the present study was to investigate which factors predict willingness to carry out trauma-focused therapy and to examine whether a web-based training is able to reduce negative attitudes and reservations about these interventions. In a wait-list controlled evaluation study, therapists (N = 499) were randomized into an intervention or a wait-list control group. Results show that trauma-treatment specific competencies and overcoming pre-existing concerns towards trauma-focused therapy significantly predict therapists’ willingness to utilize trauma-focused interventions. Thus, the content alignment of the web-based course is appropriate for improving therapists’ willingness to conduct trauma-focused therapy. A retrospective examination of therapists after the training and a comparison of fears and reservations before and after the training demonstrate a significant reduction of fears and reservations. In terms of perceived contraindications, no effects of the web-based training were found. The present study provides compelling evidence that web-based training in evidence-based PTSD therapy is able to reduce reservations that may prevent therapists from applying evidence-based trauma-focused interventions.
DA  - 2019
DO  - 10.1080/20008198.2019.1696590
KW  - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW  - PTSD
KW  - trauma-focused therapy
KW  - web-based training
KW  - evidence-based trauma therapy
KW  - e-learning
KW  - online course
LA  - eng
IS  - 1
PY  - 2019
SN  - 2000-8198
T2  - European Journal of Psychotraumatology
TI  - Daring to process the trauma: using a web-based training to reduce psychotherapists’ fears and reservations around implementing trauma-focused therapy
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29396578
Y2  - 2024-11-21T23:28:15
ER  -