Intensive Workshop in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

This four-day workshop will provide intensive, interactive instruction in the use of Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for survivors of trauma, covering the basics of all components of PE and how to modify PE procedures in order to tailor the treatment to the client’s response to exposure. Maintaining focus on treatment of PTSD while maintaining flexibility in following the manual will be emphasized. The workshop will be composed of lecture, discussion, viewing of videotaped therapy sessions, and participant role plays with feedback from Certified PE Trainer and Consultant, Brad DeLong, LPCC, LADC. This workshop is the pre-requisite for completion of Certification in Prolonged Exposure, also being offered by CPT and approved by CTSA.

This training is appropriate for the following professionals: 

• Licensed mental health professionals in direct practice
• Pre-licensed mental health practitioners under supervision towards licensure

All participants should have prior experience treating survivors of trauma given the advanced nature of this workshop and limited enrollment.

Additional Workshop Requirements:

• You must have utilities, internet service, phone service, and an appropriately private location at your home or office in order to ensure HIPAA compliance.
• The private location should be free of noise and distractions. (If you are the parent of young children, appropriate child care arrangements must be in place.)
• You must agree to attend each hour of the video conference and agree to use video of yourself during the video conference in order to track attendance.
• You must purchase the paperback version of the PE Therapist Guide and Patient Workbook (available in many):

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences – Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work) 2nd Edition

Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program – Workbook (Treatments That Work) 2nd Edition 

• You must agree not to copy or distribute workshop materials provided to you in the course of the workshop.
• Since authentic patient videos are utilized during the training, you must agree to abide by all applicable rules of confidentiality and HIPAA compliance, including but not limited to no audio or video-recording of the workshop in any form.
• You will be asked to affirm the previous conditions and your agreement to them prior to the commencement of the workshop.

This workshop is pre-approved by the Minnesota Board of Social Work (#CEP-204).

This workshop is certified by the Center for the Study and Treatment of Anxiety (CTSA) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Those who fully complete this workshop will receive a certificate of completion from CTSA, be registered there as PE trained, and become eligible to complete Certification in Prolonged Exposure.

Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7404. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.