Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PE-PTSD) is the signature therapy for PTSD.

Although medications can help with various aspects of PTSD (medications for nightmares, anxiety, depression, etc.) there is no medication that can eliminate PTSD.

Today we understand PTSD in a way we never understood after the Vietnam War. Luckily at a convention between then and now, researchers investigating women with sexual trauma and researchers investigating war trauma compared notes, and a new understanding of PTSD began to emerge.

Today, PTSD is not just manageable, it is treatable. If you are committed to therapy, we expect the great majority of people to respond to therapy to the point they no longer screen positive for PTSD. Significant relief is expected for most clients. Although the therapy is inappropriate for clients with psychotic or those who are suicidal, many people are eligible for this therapy.

The surprising truth is that the whole procedure takes 12 weeks to expect full results. Dr. Furr has implemented this therapy for combat trauma, sexual assaults, accidents and disasters. The sessions require a client to face their trauma, repeatedly revisiting it in great detail during session and at home, and resuming activities that were avoided after the trauma.

The therapy is delivered in a very systematic and standard protocol, proven to be effective. Dr. Furr was trained by the Federal government and given extensive training for certification as a provider for PE for PTSD.

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What Concerns Can I Get help with at HSP?

Specialties

  • Relationship and Dating
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Work Stress Difficulties
  • Effective Coping

Issues

  • Addiction
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Relapse
  • Divorce
  • Life Coaching
  • Parenting
  • Testing and Evaluation
  • Anger Management
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Depression and Bipolar Grief
  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
  • Substance Abuse
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Health Psychology (HIV, HCV, Oncology, Cardio-Vascular, Exercise, Alcohol, Drugs, Etc.)

Session Types

  • Individual Counseling
  • Couples Counseling
  • Consultation
  • Supervision

Mental Health

  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Dementia
  • Eating Disorders

We offer a free 15 minute consultation for the first time customer.

About Dr. Furr

Tyson Furr, Ph.D. is the director of Herald Square Psychology in New York City and Tokyo, Japan...
Tyson Furr, PhD
Psychologist
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