William Krill
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William Krill Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Treatment of children and adult surviviors of interpersonal abuse.
- Career Focus
- Healing
- Affiliation
- American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
His career has given him experience in counseling children, adolescents, adults, and families. Bill has worked in the areas ofrnchild protection, mental retardation, addiction treatment, and youth ministry. He currently works as a Mobile Therapist and Behaviorr Specialist in Blair and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania. Hernspecializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with stress disorders that are a result of childhood abuse.
Bill has several published articles and a book on youth ministry. He has published a book about treatment approaches for children with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder called: 'Gentling: a Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children'. He isrnexperienced in speaking and teaching large groups in his areas ofrnexpertise.
Bill uses magic to entertain and as therapy for children, enjoys recumbent cycling, and paints with watercolors. He lives i Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife Anne, and sons Andy andr Tyler.
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Sample Chapter from: 'Gentling: a Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children'
5 The Stress Episode As therapists, one of our major tools is our words. Most adults, when they witness a child who is severely upset over what appears to not want to follow a directive, will label the behavior a “tantrum”, or at best “acting out”. In most cases, this is a fairly accurate term for the behavior that the child is exhibiting. When a stress disordered child engages in similar behaviors, the source and quality of the behaviors will be different at different times.
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The Gentling Approach to PTSD in Abused Children
Perhaps the most notable flaw in all of the current treatment methods of treating children for stress disorders, including acute stress and post traumatic stress, is that they are modeled largely on the experiences and diagnostic criteria of adults. Not much treatment development has been made from existing research about the bio-chemical nature of stress disorders to address alte ate models for specific treatment of children.
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Brain Chemistry and PTSD
PTSD is all about brain chemistry and what happens to the brain during and immediately after the critical, traumatic incident. Essentially, the chemicals that flood the brain during the trauma do so in order to help the person to survive the event, either by running away, or fighting furiously. A third option, to submit to the trauma also has brain chemistry implications. In some individuals, once the brain goes through this chemical ‘rewiring’ to survive the trauma, the wiring stays that way.
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Problems With the Use of Traditional Behavior Modification Techniques in Treating PTSD in Children
The use of traditional behavior modification techniques with stress disordered children needs to be done with caution and extra care. The issue of the primary source of the child’s behaviors needs to take precedence over simply “pressing on” with behavior modification techniques. The key indicator to the clinical team treating the child is that they will find the child’s behaviors getting much worse despite using behavioral methods that should be working. This initially can be mistaken as an “extinction burst”, and the team may be motivated to apply more behavior modification pressure.
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