Evidence Based Practice Model Essay

The evidence based practice model that I have selected is Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. PE is a Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, which focuses on cognitive-behavioral treatment program for adults who have experienced single or multiple/continuous traumas and have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This intervention consists of a course of individual therapy designed to help clients process traumatic events and reduce their PTSD symptoms as well as depression, anger and general anxiety. Treatment is individualized and usually consists of 8-15 sessions once or twice weekly for 90 minute each. The treatment length can be shortened or lengthened depending on the client (Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Project, 2001).

I chose this individual Intervention because I think each person in my family has a little bit of PTSD especially the women who have been physically abused, I envision this intervention working with motivational interviewing letting them really figure out why they stayed in an abusive relationship so long or, why they use alcohol as a coping mechanism for the presenting issues in their life.

I also see this working for those in my family who have pre conceived notions of how there life is supposed to be based on societal notions such as you are supposed to be poor, uneducated and a single family home. There is a part in the PE that allows you to envision a path and hopefully it can be incorporated where they can envision a new path for their life. I also believe that this intervention will help with “Improved family and peer relationships; Decreased involvement with law enforcement and the juvenile justice system; Decreased rates of substance use and abuse; and Reduction in self-harm and suicide related behaviors.” (National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2007, p.

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This EBP is implemented by 3 components PE has three components: (1) psychoeducation about common reactions to trauma and the cause of chronic post trauma difficulties (SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practice, 2015), (2) imaginal exposure (also called revisiting the trauma memory in imagination), repeated recounting of the traumatic memory (SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practice, 2015), and (3) in vivo exposure, gradually approaching trauma reminders (e.g., situations, objects) that are feared and avoided despite being safe (SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practice, 2015). Treatment is individualized and is conducted by social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other therapists trained to use the PE manual, which specifies the agenda and treatment procedures for each session. Standard treatment consists of 8-15 sessions conducted once or twice weekly for 90 minutes each. The duration of treatment can be shortened or lengthened depending on the needs of the client and his or her rate of progress (SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practice, 2015).
I believe that the prolonged exposure therapy would be a good fit for my family because they have already been living in there own mind for so long it might be n ice to see it re-envisioned and talked out with someone who could give them a new spin on their reality. I truly believe prolonged exposure therapy along with motivational interviewing could do world of good, so not only they can get a fresh perspective on the issues they have been facing but they could also hear out load why they made some of the decisions they have made in life.