Psychologists: What is it like to work with clients with PTSD?

I'm starting graduate school for clinical psychology in August and was thinking of concentrating on PTSD for research and clinical practices. What is it like working with clients with PTSD? Is it depressing, rewarding, challenging? Do you feel you're able to help?

Psychologists: What is it like to work with clients with PTSD?
Congrats on grad school!





You may not realize it (hardly anyone does!), but Dr.Alfred Adler, from his work as a doctor for the Austrian Army during World War I, did the original work in PTSD (what then was called "war neurosis" or "shell shock." In fact, he wrote a manual for all doctors to use when dealing with soldiers who had this problem.





That manual became the basis for other manuals during WW II, used by both the US armed forces, and the European (Nazi/Fascist) forces.





And if you had the manuals in use for PTSD now, you would find remnants of Adler's methods and thinking still there!





In fact, if you are entering psych grad program, you WILL want to know about Adler, the least known of the big three (Freud Jung, Adler) but the one with the most influence on psychology and psychotherapy for more than 100 years. See my web site for more on Adler's concepts and his life http://www.lifecourseinstitute.com





-- Dr. Bob, Adlerian Psychologist

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