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One of the things that Cognitive Processing Therapy
focuses on a lot is something called "stuck points."
And this is kind of getting technical and into the meat,
so to speak, of the therapy, but a stuck point is
some thought that usually we've developed out of habit
that we don't realize we have.
And Cognitive Processing Therapy will help us
sort of uncover that thought.
For instance, with military sexual trauma, it is often,
"This is my fault, I could have done something differently.
I should have done something differently.
I could have prevented this."
With combat trauma, there will be things sometimes,
or actually, with all types of trauma you can hear stuck points
sometimes like, "I can never trust anyone ever again."
And just to become conscious of that thought,
to understand where it came from, and then to think about,
how realistic is that thought?
Maybe there is someone you can trust sometimes,
you know, and sort of open the door to the idea that you can
trust again and that maybe it is possible to trust again.
That's just one example.