The pain of trauma often leads people to push painful memories away.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy helps individuals gradually and systematically face traumatic memories rather than continue avoiding them.
Through emotional processing, distorted memories and beliefs shaped by cognitive avoidance can begin to change. As this process unfolds, the wounds of trauma can gradually begin to heal.
Recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as an evidence-based treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Introduction to the PE Workbook for PTSD
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) is a psychological treatment developed by Dr. Edna B. Foa at the University of Pennsylvania.
PE is a scientifically supported psychotherapy that has been shown to effectively treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from sexual violence, disasters, accidents, crime, torture, and other traumatic experiences.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy helps individuals systematically face trauma-related memories and process the emotions connected to those experiences. Through emotional processing, individuals learn to approach, rather than avoid, situations that trigger fear and distress, allowing them to gradually recover from PTSD.
PE has been recognized and disseminated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. Trauma survivors around the world have used PE to reclaim their lives from trauma. In addition to reducing PTSD symptoms, PE is one of the few scientifically validated psychological treatments shown to reduce trauma-related depression, anxiety, and other emotional difficulties.
Translator Yong Cho, PhD, has provided PTSD treatment using Prolonged Exposure Therapy since 2003. In 2005, he invited Dr. Foa to Korea. He later translated and published the Korean second editions of both the PE Therapist Guide and Workbook in 2022.
