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Originally Posted by Trace14
You would think since this is a PTSD treatment someone here in the forum had experienced it before. I hope there's a lot of prep for it. My T wants me to start it. Actually she wants two treatments CPT and PE, but she thought the PE would benefit me the most right now. Why didn't you go through with trying it? Why is it that not many people have heard of it before? Is it something new? I know....a lot of questions  That's what I do though |
no its not new, its an old therapy approach from the 1950's that is rarely used here in the USA. here treatment providers usually side on the side of do no harm, not purposely putting someone through trauma. even in college psych courses they teach those who want to become treatment providers to not purposely set out to activate ones symptoms, the goals are on stabilizing rather than re traumatizing or causing more psychological harm. like many other therapists my therapist and those in my location use the more modern and updated EMDR therapy rather than exposure therapy.