Main description:

*From the developers of CPT, a hands-on treatment manual.
*CPT is one of only two evidence-based therapies for PTSD endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
*Authors are highly regarded, award-winning experts.
*Perennial demand--will be welcomed by those who treat service members, veterans, and other trauma survivors.
*Complete: includes 38 reproducible/downloadable client handouts.

Contents:

I. Background on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cognitive Processing Therapy
1. The Origins of Cognitive Processing Therapy
2. Research on CPT
II. Setting the Stage Clinically
3. Treatment Considerations
4. Preparing to Deliver CPT
III. CPT Manual
5. Overview of PTSD and CPT: Session 1
6. Finding Stuck Points: Sessions 2 and 3
7. Processing the Index Event: Sessions 4 and 5
8. Learning to Self-Challenge: Sessions 6 and 7
9. Trauma Themes-Safety, Trust, and Power/Control: Sessions 8-10
10. Esteem, Intimacy, and Facing the Future: Sessions 11-12 and Aftercare
IV. Alternatives in Delivery and Special Considerations
11. Variations on CPT: CPT with Written Accounts, Variable-Length CPT, and CPT for Acute Stress Disorder
12. Group CPT and CPT for Sexual Abuse
13. Issues in Working with Different Trauma Types
14. Diversity and Cross-Cultural Adaptations
References