Group psychological ‘Debriefs’: Practice guidance for post-event team reflection (PETR) following distressing events at work
This paper presents a guiding framework for clinical and other practitioner psychologists and mental health professionals to use to support teams and groups following distressing or potentially traumatic events.
It contains practical guidance and useful templates, not for the purpose of preventing PTSD but rather to create spaces that foster peer-to-peer support, team cohesion and meaning making. In doing so, it recognises that group support following such events can be one helpful element of post-incident support, alongside other important provisions such as 1:1 assessment or therapy.
