2025 - Managing PTSD: Coping, Healing, Thriving - Dr. Chad Shepherd

Dr. Chad Shepherd joined us at the 2025 EDS ECHO Summit: Mental Health event to discuss Managing PTSD: Coping, Healing, Thriving. This talk explores what PTSD is, the prevalence of PTSD in different clinical populations, and how unresolved trauma contributes to chronic health conditions. It also discusses how to cope with PTSD symptoms, how to heal from PTSD, and how to thrive. Dr. Chad Shepherd is a Clinical Psychologist, part of the Psychology Team within the London Hypermobility Network. He has special interest working with HSD (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder)/hEDS (hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). He works both face-to-face and online with adults and children helping them address chronic pain, fatigue, poor sleep, physical health problems, chronic stress, anxiety, low mood, trauma and low self-esteem. He draws upon a wide range of therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT).