CLINICAL APPROACH
Prolonged Exposure is a structured approach that helps you gradually and safely confront trauma-related thoughts, feelings, and situations you've been avoiding, with your therapist guiding the pace throughout. Over time, this reduces the power those memories and triggers hold over you and lessens avoidance behaviours that can shrink your life.
Prolonged Exposure gradually and safely helps you confront trauma-related thoughts and situations you've been avoiding, reducing their emotional power over time.
WHAT IT TREATS / WHO IT'S FOR
It's a well-established approach for trauma, and can help if avoidance, such as steering clear of certain places, people, or thoughts, has started limiting your daily life. Shift Collab delivers this virtually over video, with your therapist guiding each step of the exposure process live on the call.
Prolonged Exposure is designated by APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) as having strong research support for PTSD.
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