Creek's Bend, Toonumbar Via Kyogle, NSW, Australia

Creek's Bend Psychology

Dr Wayne Robert Somerville B.A.(Hons), M.Clin.Psych., D.Psy., MAPS

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Wayne Somerville has worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in the Northern Rivers area of NSW since the mid-1980s.

Academic Qualifications, Professional Affiliations, and Registrations

Bachelor of Arts Degree with 1st Class Honours in Psychology - Macquarie University, 1976
Master of Clinical Psychology Degree - Macquarie University, 1989
Doctor of Psychology Degree – Bond University, 2005
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Member of APS College of Clinical Psychologists
Registered supervisor for the now superceded Psychologists’ Registration Board of NSW
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Registration Number: PSY1136112
AHPRA approved area of practice endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist

Dr Wayne Somerville's Curriculum Vitae

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Workshops

Cognitive Control Training for PTSD: A low-stress method for resolving traumatic memories

Cognitive Control Training (CCT) is a brief, evidence based, Cognitive Therapy training intervention suitable for addressing the traumatic memories of severely disturbed clients. The procedure is especially useful with clients for whom procedures such as Exposure and EMDR are contraindicated.

CCT seeks to relieve PTSD by fostering beneficial beliefs about symptoms and self-efficacy, teaching self-mastery cognitive skills for controlling the physiological and emotional impact of trauma imagery, and by encouraging active coping strategies for engaging with and emotionally processing re-experiencing symptoms.

A distinctive feature of CCT is that trauma memories are not discussed, and non-traumatic autobiographical memories are used to teach clients methods for beneficially changing and reducing the emotional impact of trauma memory imagery.

Learning Process and Outcomes:

The aim of the workshop is to give each participant:

The ability to effectively use Cognitive Control Training techniques
Up-to-date models of the onset, maintenance and therapeutic relief of PTSD
The ability to more flexibly and gently treat clients suffering severe PTSD

Workshop participants practice CCT in pairs and experience the CCT process both as a “therapist” and as a “client”. The training will involve applying three general strategies, described in the clinical psychological literature as particularly useful for resolving trauma memories, to three “training memories”. Participants will be taught how to use non-verbal signalling to monitor a client’s experiences and enhance their client’s sense of control and safety during therapy to relieve trauma memories.

Participants receive verbal, printed, and digital (CD) information including:

PowerPoint slides of the workshop presentation
A review of psychological models of the onset, maintenance, and treatment of PTSD
Therapist and client manuals for Cognitive Control Training
A detailed description of the psycho-educational components of CCT
A discussion of the efficacy, strengths, and limitations of CCT
An outline of the evidence base for CCT
Selected papers on the theory and treatment of PTSD

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