In this episode, Dr. Barbara Rothbaum explains how to process emotional hot spots in prolonged exposure therapy for trauma. Emotional hot spots processing can be compared with a relief massage, where a knot is targeted and processed in order to be relieved of tension.

 

Faculty: Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D.

Host: Jessica Díaz, M.D.

Script Editor: David Barragán, M.A.

 

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• Prefer to read? Here's a text version: Processing Emotional Hot Spots for PTSD: Introduction.