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Cognitive Trauma Therapy for Battered Women with PTSD: Preliminary Findings

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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CTT-BW includes trauma history exploration, PTSD psychoeducation, stress management, psychoeducation about dysfunctional self-talk and self-monitoring of self-talk, exposure to abuse reminders, Cognitive Therapy for Trauma-Related Guilt (E. S. Kubany & F. P. Manke, 1995), and modules on assertiveness, managing contacts with former partners, self-advocacy strategies, and avoiding revictimization. Thirty-seven ethnically diverse women were assigned to Immediate or Delayed CTT-BW. PTSD remitted in 30 of 32 women who completed CTT-BW. Gains were maintained at 3-month follow-up. CTT-BW was efficacious across ethnic backgrounds. Issues related to disseminability of CTT-BW are discussed.

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  1. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD, USA

    Julie A. Owens

  2. Pacific Islands Division and, Domestic Violence Consultants, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Edward S. Kubany & Julie A. Owens

  3. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Elizabeth E. Hill

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Kubany, E.S., Hill, E.E. & Owens, J.A. Cognitive Trauma Therapy for Battered Women with PTSD: Preliminary Findings. J Trauma Stress 16, 81–91 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022019629803

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