I have PTSD also. I guess what has worked best for me has been a combination of therapies: CBT and psychodynamic-ish more or less.

My therapist never did "trauma" therapy (whatever that is), certainly not anything he called by that name. In fact, he was pretty careful about not using the technique of constantly going over and over the details of my trauma. He explained that used to be the believed method for working through trauma but that it has been found to in itself be retraumatizing to do so.

Instead, he was always very focused on only working through past traumas as they were tied to whatever I was dealing with in my present. By doing so, it gave context to looking at the past and a very specific reason for doing so. It also kept those exposures limited in nature to small doses as needed as opposed to constantly going in and flooding me with trauma memories week after week just for the sake of looking at memories. It was safer that way for me. It probably took longer, but the results have been very good in the long run.

I don't think there is any one best way for dealing with PTSD. So much depends on the cause of your trauma, the types of symptoms you personally have to deal with, the severity of those symptoms, etc. I do know those symptoms can be greatly relieved over time. My PTSD symptoms used to seriously dominate my life, but I'd say they have reduced now to where when I do experience symptoms they kind of surprise me because it is rarely an issue for me anymore. It did take me a very long time to reach that point though; many years of therapy and lots of patience with myself.