Table 1 Summary of psychotherapeutic treatments for PTSD
From: Interventions to improve work outcomes in work-related PTSD: a systematic review
Treatment | Description |
|---|---|
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) | Helps challenge clients' negative beliefs about their ability to cope with stressful situations. Gradually exposes them to feared situations and objects in order to eliminate the fear. |
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) | Incorporates methods from CBT and other therapies to help clients revisit and reprocess traumatic memories so they become less distressing. |
Psychodynamic psychotherapy | Focuses on clients' unconscious and unresolved conflicts, and how these might contribute to current symptoms. Emphasizes the clients' relationship with the therapist. |
Hypnotherapy | A form of psychotherapy that uses hypnosis. |