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Written Exposure Therapy: A Brief PTSD Treatment
Continuing Education
This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.
Written Exposure Therapy: A Brief PTSD Treatment
- Date Created: 09/25/2020
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101
Author(s):
Description
Written Exposure Therapy (WET) is a brief, 5-session exposure-based psychotherapy for PTSD that is recommended by the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline. WET differs from other trauma-focused psychotherapies in its cost-efficiency and low treatment drop out.
This course reviews the theoretical mechanisms and development of WET, presenting the supporting and on-going research for WET as an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. The authors provide a comprehensive description of the WET protocol and its delivery and describe the type of patient who would be a good candidate.
Goals and Objectives
- Describe PTSD treatment
- Discuss WET development
- Describe on-going and future-planned WET studies
- Identify appropriate patients for WET
