Hearing Other Veterans’ Traumatic Experiences Helps Reduce PTSD

Hearing Other Veterans’ Traumatic Experiences Helps Reduce PTSD
November 1st, 2012
Good Therapy

Group-based exposure therapy (GBET) is a therapeutic approach that involves confronting traumatic memories in a group setting. This type of treatment is designed to help clients work through fear and anxiety related to the trauma and process emotional responses in an adaptive way.

In individualized therapy, clients often are encouraged to recall the details of their trauma. But in group settings, the question has arisen whether the explicit recollection of trauma-related details by one member would increase traumatic symptoms in others. Specifically, does one person’s account of his or her trauma serve as a trigger for another person’s traumatic memory, especially if the traumas are similar in nature? And if so, does this impair or enhance therapeutic progress?
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