In undergoing CPT, you’ll learn about how PTSD develops and begin to identify which beliefs you hold that are maintaining your symptoms.
These beliefs might be along the lines of “If I had acted sooner, I could’ve prevented what happened,” “I should’ve known that I was going to get hurt,” or “I am a bad person.”
CPT can be helpful in reducing trauma related symptoms such as:
- Anger
- Nightmares
- Self-blame/guilt
- Hypervigilance
- Dissociation
- Anxiety
CPT places a strong emphasis on completing worksheets outside of sessions to adjust unhelpful thought processes and consolidating the skills learnt in session.
The techniques that you will learn from CPT are generalisable, which means that they can be applied to any other worries or unhelpful thought processes that you might engage in.