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Intensive Training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Workshop Agenda

Day 1
8:30 am - 9:00	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 am - 10:30	Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Edna B. Foa, Ph.D.
	Diagnosis of PTSD Theory and empirical support for cognitive behavioral treatment approaches
10:30 - 10:45	break
10:45 - 12:30	Overview of Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30 - 3:00	Assessment of PTSD and other trauma-related psychopathology
3:00 - 3:15	break
3:15 - 5:00	Instruction in the individual treatment components through description of intervention, videotapes of therapy sessions, role-plays among participants with observation and feedback from faculty
	Prolonged Exposure Therapy Program
	How to present the PE program to clients Establishing therapeutic alliance Breathing retraining Psychoeducation - common reactions to trauma
	Break into pairs to practice delivery of treatment overview/rationale
5:00 pm	end

Day 2
8:30 - 9:00	check-in and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:30	Imaginal Exposure
	Rationale for imaginal exposure (recounting the trauma) Procedure for imaginal exposure Videotape illustrations of progressive sessions of imaginal exposure
10:30 - 10:45	break
10:45 - 12:30	Imaginal Exposure (con’t):
	Assignment of imaginal exposure homework Hot spot procedure for imaginal exposure
	Break into pairs to practice the procedures
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30 - 3:00	In-Vivo Exposure
	Rationale for in-vivo exposure Use of Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS)
	Break into pairs to practice these procedures
3:00 - 3:15	break
3:15 - 5:00	In-vivo exposure (con’t):
	Construction of in-vivo hierarchy (approaching safe situations) Safety guidelines for in-vivo exposure Assignment of in-vivo homework
	Break into pairs to practice the procedures

Day 3
8:30 - 9:00	check-in and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:30	Treatment components (continued):
	Final Session
	Reassessing SUDS for in-vivo hierarchy; discussion of what has changed; relapse prevention; planning on-going exposure work Final Session summaries - video illustrations
	Break into pairs to practice the procedures as needed
10:30 - 10:45	break
10:45 - 12:30	Special issues: Case presentations (description and excerpts from videotaped sessions) illustrating procedural modifications, therapist response to client behavior:
	Avoidance - reluctance to do in-vivo or imaginal exposure - avoidance of homework (including listening to tapes) - missing therapy sessions
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30 - 5:00	Special issues (con’t):
	Maintaining focus on PTSD Anger Working with clients with co-morbid alcohol abuse/dependence Obstacles to homework compliance
3:00 - 3:15	break
3:15 - 5:00	Procedural modifications of imaginal exposure in order to titrate emotional engagement:
	Over-engagement in exposure

Day 4
8:30 - 9:00	check-in and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:30	Procedural modifications (con’t):
	Under-engagement in exposure
10:30 - 10:45	break
10:45 - 12:00	Break into pairs to role-play exposure rationales, procedures, breathing training; observation and feedback from faculty
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00 - 2:30	Important considerations in providing Prolonged Exposure therapy to trauma survivors
	Using the theoretical model of the treatment to guide therapists’ decision-making Developing tolerance for client’s emotional distress Flexibility in applying this treatment Importance of supervision and peer consultation How to begin using the therapy 60 vs. 90-minute therapy sessions
2:30 - 2:45	break
2:45 - 4:00	Wrap-up
	Discussion period Suggested readings and literature Wrap-up and questions from participants

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Intensive Training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Workshop Agenda

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