PTSD, EXPOSURE THERAPY AND 12 STEP PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Wow - this tape I saw today on TV blew me away because it just validated why our 12 step program can be more effective than, or certainly enhance, just straight counseling with respect to the PTSD that our members, or those exiting the sex industry who are suffering from PTSD, suffer from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lg2mf6FcJc In this video, Dr. Thomas Neylan goes over "Exposure Therapy". He contrasts someone who has been through a trauma who gets a "one time debriefing" vs. someone who talks about their experience over and over and over again, or "exposure therapy". The study found that "exposure therapy" or "talking about the trauma over and over and over again" significantly reduces the long term effects of the trauma on the person. In the 12 step group, when the person first calls the hotline they're ask to "identify". We have to make sure that reporters, pimps, cops, informants, etc. don't get into th