Biweekly Delivery of a Group-Based Adaptation of Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for PTSD in Residential Substance Treatment

•PTSD is common in individuals seeking substance use treatment.•Case series describes concurrent treatment of PTSD with an adaptation of written exposure therapy (WET) during residential substance use treatment for three individuals.•Biweekly group delivery of an adaptation of WET was associated wit...

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Published in:Cognitive and behavioral practice Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 511 - 519
Main Authors: Schumacher, Julie A., Kinney, Kerry L., Morris, Matthew C., McAfee, Nicholas W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2023
Subjects:
group therapy
posttraumatic stress disorder
residential treatment
substance use disorder
written exposure therapy
residential treatment
substance use disorder
written exposure therapy
group therapy
posttraumatic stress disorder
ISSN:1077-7229, 1878-187X
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Summary:•PTSD is common in individuals seeking substance use treatment.•Case series describes concurrent treatment of PTSD with an adaptation of written exposure therapy (WET) during residential substance use treatment for three individuals.•Biweekly group delivery of an adaptation of WET was associated with favorable PTSD symptom outcomes in all three cases. Written exposure therapy (WET) is a brief intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with promising and continually emerging research support. Given its efficiency in reducing symptom severity and resolving diagnoses, there is great interest in application to novel populations and settings. The current case series focuses on application of an adaptation of WET to three individuals participating in a residential substance use disorder treatment program in a group setting. The individuals had varying substance problems and trauma histories and all showed a favorable response. The series highlights the promise of an adaptation of WET as a concurrent treatment for PTSD in residential substance use treatment. Moreover, the case series suggests that an adaptation of WET has the potential to be successfully adapted to deliver services in a group environment and delivered in 2.5 weeks, thereby demonstrating the possibility of using an adaptation of WET as a means of maximizing the utilization of scarce resources to successfully treat a large number of individuals with PTSD in a time-limited residential treatment context.
ISSN:1077-7229
1878-187X
DOI:10.1016/j.cbpra.2022.02.024