Emotional Processing Theory (EPT) and Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Rauch, Sheila A. M.; Foa, Edna B.

doi:10.1007/s10879-006-9008-y

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“…In relation to this argument, Rauch and Foa (2006) stated that treatments need to activate the patient's fear structure sufficiently to be successful. In our opinion, it is plausible that sufficiency, necessity, and relevance of different (e.g., cognitive and behavioral) treatment components in activating the fear structure differs between and within anxiety disorders (e.g., individual differences).…”

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Pathways to change in one-session exposure with and without cognitive intervention: An exploratory study in spider phobia

Raes

Koster

Loeys

et al. 2011

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Pathways to change in one-session exposure with and without cognitive intervention: An exploratory study in spider phobia

Raes

Koster

Loeys

et al. 2011

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…The exposure techniques can take place in vivo or in driven imagination, which is widely used in the TCC and its derivations (such as EMDR) for the treatment of traumatic memories (Rauch & Foa, 2006).…”

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The Psychological Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Scientific and Sociological Profiles

Malizia¹

2017

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Despite the research on trauma, which until recent times has been directed towards the category of adults, today scholars need to turn their attention to children and adolescents who may undergo traumatic experiences at different stages of their growth. There is a prevailing hypothesis that the narrow and partial cognitive processes of memory, attention and dysfunctional problem solving skills constitute the main problem of exposure to trauma, which also compromises the family equilibrium, taking into account that traumatic events are arbitrary and unpredictable. It is possible that dissociation phenomena and derealization emerge in response to a traumatic event.The specificity and complexity of the treatment of disorders resulting from traumatic development have prompted specialists of different orientations to formulate guidelines and treatment protocols to guide clinical work.

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“…Low emotional competence or non-acceptance and lack of understanding of emotions may cause and prolong emotional distress, especially in people struggling with consequences of trauma (Rauch & Foa, 2006). When people are faced with trauma that involves actual or perceived threat to life or physical integrity, their emotional reactions are characterized by horror, terror or helplessness.…”

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“…Recent theoretical models suggest that a central feature of PTSD is a pathological disruption of efforts that an individual undertakes to alter emotional and/or behavioural responses, which are essential for well-being (Kashdan et al, 2010). According to emotional processing theory (Foa & Kozak, 1986;Rauch & Foa, 2006), anxiety disorders such as PTSD are underlined by specific pathological fear structures which involve excessive responses to emotional stimuli and struggle with or even resistance to changing the unrealistic fear structure, thereby reducing pathological symptoms. Fear becomes problematic when it is so intense that it interferes with everyday functioning, because it remains active even when there are no indications of threat or danger.…”

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Emotional Competence and Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms in Croatian Homeland War Veterans

Knežević¹,

Krupić

Šućurović³

2017

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This study examined the relationship between four factors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms -re-experiencing, avoidance, dysphoria and hyperarousal -and particular domains of emotional competence and emotional regulation and control among 215 Croatian Homeland War veterans. Cross-sectionally, emotional competence subscales -perceiving and understanding emotions, expressing and labelling emotions, managing and regulating emotions -were associated with dysphoria symptom cluster only, while emotional regulation and control subscalesinfluence of emotion and mood on memory and emotional reaction control -were associated with dysphoria and re-experiencing symptom clusters. The results of this study are consistent with the view that successful recovery from trauma requires adaptive emotion competence skills and that therefore difficulties in dealing with emotions (understanding, expressing or regulating) are a risk factor for the development and/or maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. It appears that interventions organized toward improving emotional competence and regulation may be useful as complementary or independent treatments for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Emotional Processing Theory (EPT) and Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Cited by 209 publications

References 14 publications

Pathways to change in one-session exposure with and without cognitive intervention: An exploratory study in spider phobia

Pathways to change in one-session exposure with and without cognitive intervention: An exploratory study in spider phobia

The Psychological Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Scientific and Sociological Profiles

Emotional Competence and Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms in Croatian Homeland War Veterans

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