Revista de Psicología y Psicoterapia
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Self-Empowerment Therapy for Depression Associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

David Kaye

Aim: Mental health issues such as depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), suicide etc., have become epidemics crippling western society requiring significant allocation of funds to address them. Research shows that regardless of therapy used, nature and severity of the presenting problem and diagnosis, the modal frequency of patients attending counseling services is 1. With this in mind, Self-Empowerment Therapy (SET) was pioneered at the Australian Trauma Research Institute. The aim of this study was to look at effectiveness of SET as a single session in the treatment of depression associated with PTSD.

Method: A cohort of 92 subjects was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) at the start and at the conclusion of the two hour single session therapy. Single session SET consisting of recording baseline measures, administration of four clinical exercises, questionnaire administration and results analysis.

Results: Results of the tests (n=92) showed clinically significant therapeutic effects from SET in a single therapy session with 79.35% improvement.

Conclusion: Results for the in-person single shot two hour SET depression intervention demonstrated clinically significant impact on depression symptoms associated with PTSD.