Cognitive processing therapy for PTSD with military veterans using challenging questions to work through stuck points

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Resick, Patricia A., interviewer.

American Psychological Association, publisher.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive therapy--Methodology.

Cognitive therapy.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Veterans--Psychology.

Veterans.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy--methods.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--therapy.

Veterans--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy--methods.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--therapy.

Veterans--psychology.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (47 min., 09 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2019]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In this session of cognitive processing therapy (CPT), Dr. Patricia A. Resick works with a military veteran who suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of his experiences in the Vietnam War. The client presents as a White, man, in his mid to late 60s. His primary symptoms are self-blame, guilt, anger, as well as nightmares and flashbacks of an ambush he experienced during combat. At the start of the session, Resick reviews the client's progress identifying facts, thoughts, and emotions with the A-B-C worksheets. Then, she discusses the client's activating event, the ambush and resultant firefight in a village, which the client blames himself for. Resick discusses the levels of responsibility in order to help the client begin to modify his thoughts and recognize that he is not to blame for the events that occurred. Resick then introduces the client to the Challenging Questions worksheet to work through his stuck points, which are the thoughts that are preventing him from recovering. Specifically, the client works on his thought that "it isn't fair for children to die in war," which is a complex and challenging stuck point for him. Resick connects this stuck point to the client's upbringing, during which he was treated unfairly and abused by his father. She then discusses the Just World myth, and provides psychoeducation about developmental processes. The client discusses the anger he feels towards himself and the enemies on the battlefield, and Resick discusses the difference between natural and manufactured emotions. Resick then discusses grief and sadness, natural responses the client has yet to feel about the event. To close the session, Resick assigns homework and checks in with the client about how it went

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