Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Improve Social Support for Veterans With PTSD

This treatment is designed to help Veterans with PTSD increase social support in family, partner, and peer relationships by reducing experiential avoidance. ACT-SS is specifically designed to address deficits in the entire social support network for Veterans with PTSD.

"PCT is designed to provide the emotional support for individuals with PTSD that will assist with recovery. The focus of PCT is on the here and now, including current life difficulties that are directly or indirectly related to the experience of trauma. PCT aims to help the patient consider ways to react to these difficulties."