PSY 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Narrative Therapy

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2200
• Professor: Eric B. Fields

Document Summary

Women who have been sexually assaulted 2. 5 to 3. 5 times greater likelihood to have ptsd than non victims. School children in nyc (grades 4-12) 10. 5% Biological vulnerability for anxiety (genes) combines with psychological vulnerability or learning from experience that life is uncontrollable/unpredictable (ie family discord/chaos) along with limited social support system experiencing a traumatic event = high probability of ptsd. A tendency to become anxious, minimal education, lower iq, acting out behaviors a child increases the probability of experiencing a traumatic event (reciprocal gene-environment interaction) Prolonged exposure therapy; disputing negative thoughts (self-blame) Creating a new story where the victim stands up to their attacker or is able to exert control over the situation. Uncovering underlying thoughts such as the victim believing they deserved it because they received messages from their parents that they are damaged or defective; patient needs to be unstuck out of a childhood-like regressive state; uncovering repressed memories/feelings.