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Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Trauma Recovery
A structured behavioral therapy for fear and trauma in which a person repeatedly recounts the traumatic event in full, vivid detail, often in complete sentences, while a clinician is present. The repeated, guided exposure helps reduce avoidance and fear responses by allowing the memory and associated feelings to be processed rather than escaped.
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“There are three forms of therapy that purely through the use of language have been shown to have very strong positive impact meaning reduce fears and traumas. And those three are prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing or CPT and cognitive behavioral therapy.”
Andrew Huberman · Erasing Fears & Traumas Using Modern Neuroscience | Huberman Lab Essentials · Nov 6, 2025 · 18:41 · open ↗
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