PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Practical Applications of Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies
Continuing Education
This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.
Practical Applications of Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies
- Date Created: 02/10/2020
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, ACPE, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101
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Description
The 2017 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD recommends several trauma-focused psychotherapies as first-line treatment for PTSD: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Prolonged Exposure (PE).
This course describes CPT, EMDR and PE, explaining the essential components of each. A case vignette is used to illustrate the clinical delivery of each of these psychotherapies. In addition, key considerations for offering trauma-focused psychotherapy within a shared decision-making model are examined. Resources to support the delivery of and Veteran engagement in CPT, EMDR, and CPT are included.
Goals and Objectives
- Describe three trauma-focused psychotherapies recommended as first-line treatment for PTSD in the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Prolonged Exposure (PE).
- Explain the essential components of CPT, EMDR and PE.
- Examine key considerations for using shared decision-making when offering trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD.
