Post-traumatic stress disorder clinical team (pct) | veterans affairs

There are many options for individual treatment at the PCT Clinic. We like to think of our menu of services as being flexible and individualized as well as grounded in the research that has

been shown to be most effective. Below you will find a number of resources to help understand more about these treatment modalities and options Veterans can access  the National Center for

PTSD website and watch the Whiteboard videos for live discussion of treatment options. On the left hand side of the website you will see the menu items. Go to “Understanding PTSD Treatment”

and then “Talk Therapy.” There you will see the four main trauma-focused treatments for PTSD. You can click on each one for more details. You can also go to the menu item titled “Apps,

videos, and more” and then click “Videos.” There you will see short, 2-3 minute videos that give an overview of each treatment options.  Also under “Apps, videos, and more” you can choose

the item called “PTSD Treatment Decision Aid.” This will ask you questions about your needs and preferences. Based upon your answers it will make a suggestion about which treatment you may

prefer.  Here are a few of the PTSD Treatments That Are Available at PCT Clinic COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY  Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD - PTSD: National Center for PTSD (va.gov)

  There is also an app called CPT COACH, that is a companion to this series and has similar information about CPT in it. Here is a link describing the app in more detail: 

https://mobile.va.gov/app/cpt-coach   A handy part of this app is that it has the worksheets and readings that are also found in the workbook that we will send out.  

------------------------- PROLONGED EXPOSURE    https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand_tx/prolonged_exposure.asp  There is also an app called the PE COACH 2, that is a companion to this

treatment. Here is a link describing the app in more detail: Mobile App: PE Coach - PTSD: National Center for PTSD (va.gov)  A handy part of this app is that there is an integrated voice

recorder. Record sessions is a required part of the therapy since you will be listening to them between our sessions. Please consider downloading it. If you do not want do download the PE

Coach, you will need to use some sort of audio recorder to record the sessions.   We will send you a PE WORKBOOK .   ------------------------- EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING

(EMDR)  Visit https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand_tx/emdr.asp  to learn more. ------------------------- WRITTEN EXPOSURE THERAPY (WET)  Visit 

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/txessentials/written_exposure_therapy.asp  ------------------------- CONCURRENT TREATMENT OF PTSD AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS USING PROLONGED

EXPOSURE (COPE)  There is a treatment that addresses substance use and PTSD, called COPE for short. To understand treatment of co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder in VA, check out

this link: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/cooccurring/tx_sud_va.asp