Frank Ochberg (born 1940), is a psychiatrist, a pioneer in trauma science, an educator and the editor of the first text on the treatment of

post-traumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats o ...

(PTSD). He is one of the founding fathers of modern psychotraumatology and served on the committee that defined PTSD. He is a graduate of Harvard and of

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. Ochberg is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University, where he has also taught in the College of Human Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Schools of Journalism and Criminal Justice. Ochberg has recently devoted much of his time to educating journalists about trauma, and, in recognition, the Dart Center's Ochberg Fellowship was named for him. Ochberg Fellows, like Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, must demonstrate exceptional writing skills as well as thorough investigation of their topics. He is a graduate of

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and

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medical school. From 1969 to 1979 he was a regional, division, and associate director of the

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. He then became director of the Michigan Department of Mental Health, a position he held for 3 years, from 1979 to 1981. Ochberg had created a therapeutic treatment, the

counting method The counting method (CM), also known as Ochberg's counting method, is a therapeutic treatment designed to help with the desensitization of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The method was designed by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg in the ...

, also known as Ochberg's counting method, designed to help with the desensitization of

posttraumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats ...

(PTSD) symptoms. He had also founded, headed or been part of a number of organizations dealing with

PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on ...

and its treatment, including Gift From Within (founder), Critical Incident Analysis Group (founder) and The

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(chairman emeritus).

Personal life

Ochberg attended Camp Rising Sun in 1955 and 1956."Affiliated Programs: ARISE"
Louis August Jonas Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2011 Ochberg has 3 children with Lynn Ochberg, his wife of almost 60 years. They live in Okemos, Michigan, near Michigan State University, where Ochberg has taught in the College of Human Medicine and the Schools of Journalism and Criminal Justice.

Books edited

* Violence and the Struggle for Existence (with Daniels and Gilula), editor (1970,

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) * Victims of Terrorism (with Soskis), editor (1982, Westview Press) * Post-traumatic Therapy and Victims of Violence, editor (1988, Brunner Mazel) * Survivor Psalm

Interviews

* Interview for Gift From Withi
on psychotherapy for chronic PTSD
November 2012 * Mental Help Net'
Wise Counsel Podcast
featured a
interview with Dr. Ochberg
on October 1, 2008

References

External links

Gift From Within

* http://www.dartcenter.org/fellowships {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochberg, Frank Traumatologists 1940 births Living people Harvard University alumni Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni Camp Rising Sun alumni

Personal life

Books edited

Interviews

See also

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