Cognitive processing therapy helps veterans and service members understand how their experience of a traumatic event may have changed how they see themselves, others, and the world. CPT, in particular, targets beliefs around "what ifs" or "should haves," which are inherently toxic and can result in feelings of guilt and shame that often keep a person stuck in the symptoms of PTSD. CPT can't change what happened, but it can help that person construct a new narrative that helps change how that person feels about the trauma.

Brian Klassen, PhD, is the Clinical Director of the Road Home Program (https://roadhomeprogram.org/), part of the Wounded Warrior Project's Warrior Care Network:    • Warrior Care Network  

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