Introduction to Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

November 18, 2016
Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Program: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

About the program:

Please note: You must attend the full 3-hour program to get continuing education credit for the event.

This session qualifies for 3.0 continuing education credits.

Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy is the most extensively studied psychotherapy for PTSD. Numerous well-controlled studies have shown that PE is highly effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD, depression, anger, and anxiety in trauma survivors. PE has been successfully used to treat individuals with PTSD resulting from a variety of traumas, including rape, violent physical assault, childhood sexual abuse, terrorist attacks, combat, motor vehicle accidents and disasters. Over years of testing and development, PE has evolved into an adaptable program of intervention to address the needs of varied trauma survivors. Program participants will learn how PE instills confidence and a sense of mastery, improves various aspects of daily stress, and improves trauma survivors' ability to discriminate safe and unsafe situations. This program is designed for psychologists and other interested health care professionals and is at the intermediate level.

Participants will be able to:

1. Explain the diagnosis and psychopathology of PTSD.
2. Describe the basic techniques of PE to treat PTSD.
3. Identify the theory underlying PE.
4. Describe the research supporting PE.

The Minnesota Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Minnesota Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS:  If you need disability related accommodations, including parking, to make this event accessible, please contact the Metropolitan State University Center for Accessibility Resources, 651-793-1549, or [email protected].

About the presenter:

Tracey Lichner, Ph.D., L.P., received her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She serves as clinical director of Rogers Behavioral Health-Minneapolis, which provides partial hospitalization programs for individuals with PTSD, OCD and anxiety, and mood disorders using individualized, evidence-based treatments. She also maintains a private practice in Minneapolis conducting psychotherapy, training, and consultation. Dr. Lichner has trained and supervised mental health professionals in PE internationally, including Minnesota, Philadelphia, California, Canada and Japan.

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