Cognitive Processing Therapy

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a structured, trauma-focused form of cognitive behavioural therapy that helps you identify and shift unhelpful beliefs connected to a traumatic experience. It's typically delivered over a set number of sessions, giving you a clear, structured path through the work.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) helps you identify and shift unhelpful beliefs connected to a traumatic experience, using a structured, time-limited process.

WHAT IT TREATS / WHO IT'S FOR

CPT is a leading trauma-focused approach, well suited to people who want a structured, skills-based path to work through the effects of a traumatic experience. Shift Collab delivers CPT virtually over video or phone.

RESEARCH EVIDENCE

Cognitive Processing Therapy is a thoroughly tested treatment for PTSD, and people who complete it keep doing better at follow-up. For you, that means a clear, step-by-step path to loosening the beliefs a trauma left behind.

View study on PubMed

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