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Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
A Comprehensive Manual Patricia A. Resick, Candice M. Monson, and Kathleen M. Chard. New edition out now. Order with this link for a 20% discount from Guilford Press. |
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CPT Translations
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Patient handouts |
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Manual and handouts adapted for community mental health centers |
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For manuals in simplified Chinese |
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For manuals in traditional Chinese |
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Therapist manual and patient handouts in Japanese |
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Worksheets in Ukranian |
For versions in Arabic, Kurdish and French, adapted for use in LMICs by paraprofessionals, please contact Debra Kaysen (dkaysen@stanford.edu).
To request a Native American adaptation, please follow this link.
Additional CPT Resources
Asian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (Asian STSS)
On-line CPT refresher training: www.musc.edu/cpt2
For more information on PTSD, see www.ncptsd.va.gov
CPT Whiteboard Video Library
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How To Fill Out A Challenging Questions Worksheet
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How To Fill Out a Patterns of Problematic Thinking Worksheet
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How To Fill Out a Challenging Beliefs Worksheet
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Highlights from CPT Literature
Click on the citations below to view or download a copy of an article.
Chadi G. Abdallah 1,2 , Christopher L. Averill 1,2 , Amy E. Ramage3 , Lynnette A. Averill 1,2 , Evelyn Alkin1,2 , Samaneh Nemati1,2 , John H. Krystal1,2 , John D. Roache4 , Patricia A. Resick5 , Stacey Young-McCaughan4 , Alan L. Peterson4,6,7 , Peter Fox4,6,8,9 , and the STRONG STAR Consortium* Reduced Salience and Enhanced Central Executive Connectivity Following PTSD Treatment. Chronic Stress Volume 3: 1–10
Michelle J. Bovin, Erika J. Wolf and Patricia A. Resick. Longitudinal Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity and Personality Disorder Features among Female Rape Survivors. Frontiers in Psychiatry doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00006
Chard, K. M. (2005). An evaluation of cognitive processing therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood sexual abuse. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 73(5), 965.
Kirsten H. Dillon, Willie J. Hale, Stefanie T. LoSavio Duke, Jennifer S. Wachen, Kristi E. Pruiksma, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Jim Mintz, Brett T. Litz, Alan L. Peterson. Weekly Changes in Blame and PTSD Among Active-Duty Military Personnel Receiving Cognitive Processing Therapy. Behavior Therapy 51 (2020) 386–400
Katherine A. Dondanville, Abby E. Blankenship, Alma Molino, Patricia A. Resick, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Jim Mintz, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Brett T. Litz, Elisa V. Borah, John D. Roache, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Elizabeth A. Hembree, Alan L. Peterson..; for the STRONG STAR Consortium. (2016). Qualitative examination of cognitive change during PTSD treatment for active duty service members. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 79 (2016) 1e6
Katherine A. Dondanville, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Willie J. Hale, Jim Mintz, John D. Roache, Cody Carson, Brett T. Litz, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Alan L. Peterson, Patricia A. Resick.; for the STRONG STAR Consortium. Examination of Treatment Effects on Hazardous Drinking Among Service Members With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress. April 2019, 32, 310–316
Galovski, T. E., Blain, L. M., Mott, J. M., Elwood, L., & Houle, T. (2012). Manualized therapy for PTSD: Flexing the structure of cognitive processing therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(6), 968.
Galovski, T. E., Monson, C. M., Bruce, S. E., & Resick, P. A. (2009). Does cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD improve perceived health and sleep impairment? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 197-204. doi: 10.1002/jts.20418
Iverson, K. M., Gradus, J. L, Resick, P. A., Suvak, M. K, Smith, K. F, & Monson, C. M. (2011). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD reduces risk for intimate partner violence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 193-202. doi: 10.1037/a0022512
Vanessa M. Jacoby, Willie Hale, Kirsten Dillon, Katherine A. Dondanville, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Brett T. Litz, Jim Mintz, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Alan L. Peterson, Patricia A. Resick.;for the STRONG STAR Consortium. Depression Suppresses Treatment Response for Traumatic Loss–Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active Duty Military Personnel. Journal of Traumatic Stress. October 2019, 32, 774–783
Karlin, B. E., Ruzek, J. I., Chard, K. M., Eftekhari, A., Monson, C. M., Hembree, E. A.,…Foa, E. B. (2010). Dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 663-673. doi: 10.1002/jts.20588
Kelly, K. A., Rizvi, S. L., Monson, C. M., & Resick, P. A. (2009). The impact of sudden gains in cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 287-293. doi: 10.1002/jts.20427
Macdonald, A., Monson, C. M., Doron-Lamarca, S., Resick, P. A., & Palfai, T. P. (2011). Identifying patterns of symptom change during a randomized controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 268-276.
Stefanie T. LoSavio, Robert A. Murphy, and Patricia A. Resick. Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents Versus Adults Receiving Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder During Community Training
Shannon R. Miles, Kirsten H. Dillon, Vanessa M. Jacoby, Willie J. Hale, Katherine A. Dondanville, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Alan L. Peterson, Jim Mintz, Brett T. Litz, Stacey Young‐McCaughan, Patricia A. Resick.;on behalf of the STRONG STAR Consortium. Changes in anger and aggression after treatment for PTSD in active duty military DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22878
Monson, C. M., Gradus, J. L., Young-Xu, Y., Schnurr, P. P., Price, J. A., Schumm, J. A. (2008). Change in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Do clinicians and patients agree? Psychological Assessment, 20, 131-138. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.131″
Monson, C. M., Macdonald, A., Vorstenbosch, V., Shnaider, P., Goldstein, E. S. R., Ferrier-Auerbach, A. G., & Mocciola, K. E. (2012). Changes in social adjustment with cognitive processing therapy: Effects of treatment and association with PTSD symptom change. Journal of Traumatic Stress,25 (5), 519-526. doi: 10.1002/jts.21735
Monson, C. M., Price, J. L., & Ranslow, E. (2005). Treating combat PTSD through cognitive processing therapy. Federal Practitioner, 22, 75-83.
Monson, C. M., Schnurr, P. P., Resick, P. A., Friedman, M. J., Young-Xu, Y., & Stevens, S. P. (2006). Cognitive processing therapy for veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 74(5), 898.
John C. Moring, Katherine A. Dondanville , Brooke A. Fina, Christina Hassija, Kathleen Chard, Candice Monson, Stefanie T. LoSavio, Stephanie Y. Wells, Leslie A. Morland, Debra Kaysen, Tara E. Galovski, and Patricia A. Resick.; Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder via
Telehealth: Practical Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
John C. Moring, Erica Nason , Willie J. Hale, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Katherine A. Dondanville, Casey Straud, Brian A. Moore, Jim Mintz, Brett T. Litz, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Alan L. Peterson, Patricia A. Resick.; for the STRONG STAR Consortium. Conceptualizing comorbid PTSD and depression among treatment-seeking, active duty military service members. Journal of Affective Disorders 256 (2019) 541–549
Kristi E. Pruiksma, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Alan L. Peterson, Elisa V. Borah, Brett T. Litz, Patricia A. Resick, Daniel J. Taylor, Jim Mintz, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Carl R. Darnall, Katherine A. Dondanville, Elizabeth A. Hembree.; on behalf of the STRONG STAR Consortium (2016). Residual Sleep Disturbances Following PTSD Treatment in Active Duty Military Personnel. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 2016, Vol. 8, No. 6, 697–701
Amy E. Ramage, Brett T. Litz, Patricia A. Resick, Mary D. Woolsey, Katherine A. Dondanville, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Adam M. Borah, Elisa V. Borah, Alan L. Peterson, Peter T. Fox.; for the STRONG STAR Consortium. Regional cerebral glucose metabolism differentiates danger- and non-danger-based traumas in posttraumatic stress disorder.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2016, 234–242
Patricia A. Resick, Stefanie T. LoSavio, Jennifer Schuster Wachen, Kirsten H. Dillon, Erica E. Nason, Katherine A. Dondanville, Stacey Young‑McCaughan, Alan L. Peterson, Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Jim Mintz.; For the STRONG STAR Consortium. Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Group or Individual Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Active Duty Military. Cognitive Therapy and Research (2020) 44:611–620
Patricia A. Resick, PhD; Jennifer Schuster Wachen, PhD; Katherine A. Dondanville, PsyD; Kristi E. Pruiksma, PhD; Jeffrey S. Yarvis, PhD; Alan L. Peterson, PhD; Jim Mintz, PhD; and the STRONG STAR Consortium. Effect of Group vs Individual Cognitive Processing Therapy in Active-Duty Military Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry 74
Resick, P. A., Galovski, T. E., Uhlmansiek, M. O. B., Scher, C. D., Clum, G. A., & Young-Xu, Y. (2008). A randomized clinical trial to dismantle components of cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in female victims of interpersonal violence. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 76(2), 243.
Resick, P. A., Nishith, P., Weaver, T. L., Astin, M. C., & Feuer, C. A. (2002). A comparison of cognitive-processing therapy with prolonged exposure and a waiting condition for the treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in female rape victims. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 70(4), 867.
Patricia A. Resick, PhD; Jennifer Schuster Wachen, PhD; Katherine A. Dondanville, PsyD; Kristi E. Pruiksma, PhD; Jeffrey S. Yarvis, PhD;
Alan L. Peterson, PhD; Jim Mintz, PhD; and the STRONG STAR Consortium
Resick, P. A., Wachen, J. S., Mintz, J., Young-McCaughan, S., Roache, J. D., Borah, A. M., Borah, E. V., Dondanville, K. A., Hembree, E. A., Litz, B. T., Peterson, A. L., On behalf of the STRONG STAR Consortium (2015, May 4). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Group Cognitive Processing Therapy Compared With Group Present-Centered Therapy for PTSD Among Active Duty Military Personnel. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 1058-1068. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000016
Resick, P. A., Williams, L. F., Suvak, M. K., Monson, C. M., & Gradus, J. L. (2012). Long-term outcomes of cognitive–behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder among female rape survivors. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 80(2), 201.
Erika M. Roberge, Julia A. Harris, Harrison R. Weinstein, David C. Rozek. Treating Veterans at Risk for Suicide: An Examination of the Safety, Tolerability, and Outcomes of Cognitive Processing Therapy
Price, J. L., MacDonald, H. Z., Adair, K. C., Koerner, N., & Monson, C. M. (2016). Changing beliefs about trauma: A qualitative study of cognitive processing therapy. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 44, 156-167. doi: 10.1017/S1352465814000526.
Jeremiah A. Schumm, Nicole D. Pukay-Martin, Whitney L. Gore. A Comparison of Veterans Who Repeat Versus Who Do Not Repeat a Course of Manualized, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Behavior Therapy, Volume 48, Issue 6, November 2017, Pages 870-882
Shnaider, P., Vorstenbosch, V., Macdonald, A., Wells, S. Y., Monson, C. M., & Resick, P. A. (2014). Associations between functioning and PTSD symptom clusters in a dismantling trial of cognitive processing therapy in female interpersonal violence survivors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 526-534.