Cognitive Processing Therapy

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Cognitive Processing Therapy Veteran/Military Version: THERAPIST S MANUAL Patricia A. Resick, , and Candice M. Monson, National Center for PTSD, Women s Health Sciences Division VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University & Kathleen M. Chard, Cincinnati VA Medical Center and University of Cincinnati August 2008 Correspondence should be addressed to: Patricia Resick or Candice Monson, WHSD (116B-3), VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130 or When referencing this manual, please use the following citation: Resick, , Monson, , & Chard, (2008).

• Theory behind CPT CPT is based on a social cognitive theory of PTSD that focuses on how the traumatic event is construed and coped with by a person who is trying to regain a sense of mastery and control in his or her life. The other major theory explaining PTSD is Lang’s2 (1977) information processing theory, which was extended to

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