Improving Implementation of Evidence Based PTSD Psychotherapy for Veterans in the Community

To further increase the access of evidence based psychotherapies for Veterans with
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, we propose to offer training and intensive consultation to
community-based providers in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
However, we believe that many clinicians may not implement Cognitive Processing Therapy or
take advantage of consultation after initial training. For this reason, we propose to
examine the effectiveness of an enhanced training method, which would add Motivational
Interviewing to the standard Cognitive Processing Therapy training. Motivational
Interviewing is a form of collaborative discussion for strengthening motivation and
commitment to change. We hypothesize that augmenting the standard Cognitive Processing
Therapy training with these techniques will reduce providers' reluctance to fully implement
the interventions.