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There's nothing that you have to do to prepare for PCT.

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You just come to the first session.

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And in that first session,

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the therapist will describe a little bit more

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what PCT is about,

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what your role is, what their role is.

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Also ask you questions to sort of get to know you better.

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So it's sort of becoming familiar

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with what your life circumstances are and so forth.

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And then also in the first session,

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you have the opportunity, if you choose,

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to talk about your trauma.

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This is optional,

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but it gives you a chance,

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if you feel like there's something important

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that you want the therapist to know,

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you have that opportunity as well in the first session.

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In the second session,

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that focuses on learning about PTSD symptoms

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and other common reactions to trauma.

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And you may know quite a bit about this already,

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but it goes into it in quite a bit of detail,

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and you may learn things that you hadn't known before.

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And it also gives the therapist an opportunity to understand

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what symptoms you are struggling with

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and what it's like for you.

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After that, the therapist will explain

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more about how PCT works and the rationale for PCT.

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And then finally, the therapist will introduce a form

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that you will complete each week

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in which you're gonna record,

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just write down briefly

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what came up for you during the week.

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You could do this every day, just briefly

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of like what kind of things were you dealing with,

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what kind of feelings were you having,

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were you stressed, whatever is important to you.

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So in the heart of the treatment,

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you're gonna come in with a list of things

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you experience during the week.

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And these are typically things that you struggle with.

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It could be you had an angry outburst,

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you struggle with a relationship

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or a conversation with a family member,

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something happened at work.

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And you'll run through these things

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in the beginning of the session.

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And then you're gonna pick which one you want to talk about,

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which is wonderful

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because it gives you an opportunity to say,

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this is what's most important to me today to talk about.

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And you and your therapist will sort of unpack what happened

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and really talk about then where this is coming from.

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So, for instance, if it's a problem at work,

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has this been going on long,

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did you notice that this was

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happening in other relationships,

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and is this tied to your trauma?

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And obviously if it's a common reaction to trauma,

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you'll talk about that with your therapist.

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And then you'll talk with your therapist about

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what are possible solutions,

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and you'll lay it all out there.

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Sometimes it's to do nothing and let the problem pass.

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Sometimes it's to do something active.

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And then you'll select which solution

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that you'd like to work on in the coming week

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to try to resolve that problem.