Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its goal is to help people process traumatic events while challenging and changing ...

Of the most well-regarded treatments for trauma, cognitive processing therapy equips clients with tools to thrive beyond mere ...

Trauma can look different for everyone. It can arise after being in an accident, losing a loved one, experiencing natural disasters, witnessing something traumatic happen to someone else, and many ...

Clients are often surprised when I tell them that we won’t be actively working to bring their trauma history to the surface in therapy. It’s not that we wouldn’t ever want to do that—when the time is ...

Trauma fundamentally changes us. It’s not just a bad experience—it’s an overwhelming force that floods our system with more than we can handle. When I work with clients struggling with past wounds, I ...

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.