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Had to sign a PTSD Contract today at my VA Therapist LCSW S-4 Anyone familiar with it?
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Buck52
I have had Chronic Combat PTSD for years, Just won my claim for it about 3 1/2 years ago.I been going to my VA Therapist ever since twice a week for a year and now its bi weekly the last 2 years. and staying at the bi-weekly beings I live about 62 miles from the VAMC.
Went to my regular sessions today.
Ok today my VA Therapist she ask me about the CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) And she ask me if I wanted to do this therapy? I ask what is it? & I said yes if it will help me with the Anxiety/Depression and Cope Skills and help me feel better for me and not put my family through a lot of un- necessary crap from me.
she said she could not promise me that it would but statistic shows it will help it just depends how I react to this type therapy
She ask me to sign a ''Contract''
Anyway I don't understand why I had to sign a'' CONTRACT''
Perhaps a commitment to come to the sessions?
I went ahead and signed it to see how this will work out?
she says I can opt out of it any time or if I feel its not helping me I can opt out of it and we would do a different type therapy
she gave me some hand outs to read over about PTSD Symptoms and stuck points.
Recovery or Nonrecovery from PTSD Symptoms Fowling Traumatic Events
In Normal recovery Intrusions and emotions decrease over time and no longer trigger each other
Anyone ever heard the word (Autobiographical)
The CPT is a cognitive processing therapy is a cognitive -behavioral treatment for PTSD And Related Problems
Anyway I'm going to try it for 14 weeks and longer if it helps she said If I don't feel its helping me we can change to another form of PTSD Therapy at any time.
Anyone else trying this and did you sign a Contract?
Now my ''HomeWork'' is to write out a one page statment on why you think your most distressing traumatic event occurred, you are not being ask to write out specific details about the cause of this event......I thought Huh??
Also consider the effects this traumatic event has had on your beliefs about yourself, others,and the world in the following areas: safety,trust,power/control esteem, and Intimacy..
Bring this statment with you to the next session. Also please read over the two handouts I have given you on PTSD Symptoms and Stuck Points (HANDOUTS 5.1and 5.2 so that you understand the Ideas we are talking about.
Anyone doing this type therapy?
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I did the 12 week version of it and it does help develop ways to cope. This therapy gets pretty deep so stay strong and make sure you have a good support system at home. I do remember sign
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Did this a while back, but no contract. The LCSW was surprised I knew what it was. I let her know it was part of a college psychology class I took a while back. CPT can be beneficial by reducing
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There are a couple of things I do when my anxiety is ramping up into chest pain territory, yeah I get it bad too. I do live in a medical cannabis state so it helps I can toke a bowl of high grade indi
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