PTSD: National Center for PTSD
State of the Science for Written Exposure Therapy
Continuing Education
This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.
State of the Science for Written Exposure Therapy
- Date Created: 02/ 6/2025
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
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Description
Written Exposure Therapy (WET) is a manualized trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD. WET was developed as a brief, more tolerable trauma-focused treatment that is easily trained and disseminated to clinicians who work with PTSD patients. Due to its brevity (5 sessions) and flexibility, it can be used in a variety of clinical settings to expand access to evidence-base care for PTSD.
WET is recommended in the current version of the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline. This online course provides information about the development and critical elements of Written Exposure Therapy, the evidence showing its effectiveness, and how to implement the treatment in clinical practice.
Goals and Objectives
- Identify critical elements of Written Exposure Therapy
- Describe the efficacy and effectiveness data for Written Exposure Therapy
- Describe situations when it is appropriate to use Written Exposure Therapy
