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You just bring yourself to session.

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When you think about Cognitive Processing,

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it is about writing about the trauma,

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but we're going to supply everything you need

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for you to be able to do that.

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You're given a workbook that's going to systematically

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guide you through everything we're gonna do.

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First session: we're gonna sit down, we're just gonna talk

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about what your experiences are with PTSD,

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the kinds of symptoms you're experiencing, goals for therapy.

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How are we gonna move from here?

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The first assignment comes for session two.

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And you're going to be asked, at home, to write an impact statement.

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Just tell me in that writing

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how you see what happened to you impacting your life now.

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How you see yourself, how you see others,

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how you see the world around you.

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And then when you come in to the next session

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we're gonna sit down and go over that together.

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And that's going to begin the process of exploring

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some of the thoughts that create

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an obstacle to healing for you right now.

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There's a worksheet you're going to fill out.

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It's called an ABC worksheet,

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and it's gonna help you identify the thoughts,

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how the thoughts are impacting feelings.

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We're gonna work on that.

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And you will do this as a homework assignment between sessions,

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but you'll bring it in, and we'll work on it some more

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in our sessions, helping answer any questions,

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exploring further what we need to explore to help you.

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In CPT, the types of thoughts that we look at can be wide and varied.

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It depends on the individual,

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and it can come in so many different ways.

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But what we have found with PTSD and in work that we do in CPT

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is that these beliefs can often be organized around five basic themes.

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The first is safety.

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So as an example: "No place is safe."

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"The world is a very dangerous place."

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Second is trust: "I can't trust anyone."

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"Everybody's out for their own well-being."

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"Nobody cares about me."

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Third is power and control:

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"If I don't have 100 percent control, I have no control."

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Fourth is self-esteem: "I'm damaged."

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"I can't get better."

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"I can't do what I used to do."

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And the last is intimacy, and that's

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how you connect with others and how you connect with yourself.

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So that certainly impacts relationships

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and how they are nurtured and are maintained.

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And then lastly, for about the last six sessions or so,

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we'll use the same worksheet together.

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And it will incorporate everything you've already done

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and that you know, and it will add a way in which you can

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look at alternative ways of thinking.

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Ways that are more balanced for you.

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Ways that more accurately reflect

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what has really happened and what's going on.

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And we believe that that's a way that helps

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lead to healing and recovery from PTSD.