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John Roberts: Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:03 AM
I was invited to visit the new P.T.S.D. Center in Leicestershire called OPRECO which is a 40 bedded unit. Which was opened on the 3rd of December 2011. It is a fantastic unit and it also accomodates families as well as the exservice clients, this unit includes on site treatment facilities and help for exservice clients with the resources to move on with their lives.I will be starting work there with the unit for asscessments purposes and also treatments , to assist the families to be better educated in the future.This will also be linked to the project in Heanor.Watch this blog for new updates on this project. |
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john roberts: Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:29 PM
well here i go again another big awakening as i have realized that having my stroke has been another traumatic event in my life and I didnt understand how it would effect me and get my anger bqack up again. It is so difficult to find the words to say how I feel and how it has put me back down again like when I was at my worst with my PTSD from my aden days. It is so difficult to type well again as my left hand is not working even now and I thought I was getting better but has it not got easier and my word s are difficult to type and remember . |
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john roberts: Posted on Friday, November 04, 2011 1:16 PM
well I went to the doctor today but only made me worse that before i went . I was told ok, the pyshical movement will come back quite quickly but the mental health aspect will take a lot longer to do which is not what i want to hear. I am angry as i want to think clearly again and it seems to be as far away as before. I am getting angry with the dog and it is not his fault I never thought it would be so difficult having had a stroke even a slight one . What it would be like if I lost my speach althogether as it is bad enough with what i have got. |
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john roberts : Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:34 AM
I am recoverying from a slight stroke and it has made my PTSD much worse as it has made me realise that my life is under threat again and it has brought it home to me how limited my life has become. My ability to type has become much worse and very slow and difficult . It is very frustrating to have to slow down . It could make me feel very angry and bitter but as I must not let it do that. I have had a much limited ability to talk for a while I was talking like I was a drunken person. |
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Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 7:26 AM
It is welcomed the news that the mod have finally recognised the importance of dealing any PTSD issues early and getting more ex-service personnel to look at how they cope with what has happened to them during their service . However there is still no mentioned of the impact that a PT SD suffer has on their family and also their children. So the latest news on the use of the new publicity campain to recognise PTSD is welcomed but the families have also have to be consided as well to raise the public knowledge on the subject of secondary traumazation. |
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Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:27 PM
With the full co-operation of the Gamelea Training Trust the FTCUK has started to do PTSD asscessments and reports in the Prison system starting with Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. This is the start of the Gamelea Training Trust housing project based in Heanor in Derbyshire. Any exservice prisoner based in any prison in the Uk can request a asscessment interview to be considered for accomodation and therapy and retraining to help them to merge back in civilian life. |
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john Roberts: Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:58 PM
Here is the latest news in that we are currently in dealings with the nationa Open College Network to get our one day courses accredited and also to produce a level 5 diploma in Understanding and treating PTSD. This is the long term aim of the new company that we shall form called PTSD training Company Ltd. which is going to be co-based with the family Trauma centre UK which is based in our new premises in Heanor Derbyshire. There is also some interest in getting the FTCuk Questionaire to be adopted as a national asscessment tool for PTSD and association disorders. |
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john roberts: Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 8:50 AM
i am about to be involved in a exciting project in derbyshire, I am working for the Gamelea trust a charity that runs a care farm in derbyshire. I am supplying the threaputic input to the charity and also setting up a new project in providing homeless provison for ex-service personal who need help and assistance.We are looking to supply accomodation and also help and assistance with therapy for PTSD and other mental health issues that they can expereince.This will also involve the setting up of help and assistance to get employment for their future. |
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John Roberts: Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:22 AM
Yesterday I was delivering a "Trauma in the family " course in Weymouth to a wide range of therapists and other workers who work with prisoners and also who work with children . It was very interesting day and it raised a lot of comments spome which i found to be away of improving the presentation and making more interesting to the group it is aimed at. Which is not therapists but the families who live wtih a sufferer I felt it went very well and we recieved assome good feed back on the feedback sheets and in general every one who attended got some thing from the day. |
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john Roberts: Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011 12:30 PM
I am about to travel to dorset to Weymouth to teach a Trauma in the family course to a lot of interested people in weymouth. My books are now sold out again i will have to reorder another load. I have had some interesting news this week and things are moving and we have arranged more course in April and also in May in Kent and also in Derbyshire and back in Weymouth again. So things are picking up and I am about to fly out to Gib and to teach another course over there. So this iw been a good week so far bye for now look on the web site for more course dates and costs. |
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