eCBT Trauma app for iPhone and iPad

eCBT Trauma is an iPhone application that helps people who have experienced a traumatic event. It uses the scientific principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help relieve the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and can be used in conjunction with psychotherapy or as a standalone self-help intervention.

Electronic CBT (eCBT©) is not replacement for traditional psychotherapy, or for medications used to treat symptoms of PTSD. Instead, eCBT aims to help people learn how to assess their symptoms after experiencing a trauma, learn relaxation and grounding skills to help cope with those symptoms, and how to successfully complete exposure exercises, which have been shown to dramatically reduce the symptoms of PTSD.

FEATURES:

* Overview of cognitive behavioral therapy
* Trauma symptom assessment
* Relaxation skills training
* Grounding exercises
* Identify and challenge negative beliefs
* Exposure exercises (in vivo and imaginal)
* Links to online content regarding trauma, support groups and help finding a therapist

ABOUT ELECTRONIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (eCBT):

At the foundation of CBT is a simple idea – the things that we think influence how we feel and react to events, including trauma. In PTSD, a traumatic event creates cognitive, emotional, and physical reactions that the brain has difficulty digesting. By learning relaxation and grounding exercises, and then systematically exposing yourself to cues associated with the trauma, your brain can better digest what has occurred, relieving symptoms of PTSD in the process.

CBTs history goes back more than 40 years, to pioneering work done by Dr. Aaron T. Beck and others who developed an empirically-based, short-term, structured psychotherapy for a variety of problems. Since that time, it has continually evolved, been refined and expanded by a generation of Clinical Psychologists and other professionals. Today, CBT represents a robust, scientifically proven system of psychotherapy that can be effective in helping people deal with a variety of problems, from PTSD and depression, to coping with chronic pain and substance abuse.

ABOUT MINDAPPS:

MindApps llc helps people help themselves using electronic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (eCBT), an empirically-validated system of psychotherapy that is effective in helping people deal with a variety of problems.

PRIVACY POLICY:

Protecting our users’ privacy is of the utmost importance to MindApps. MindApps does not collect or store any information from or about the user or use of our eCBT applications. The information that enter into the eCBT application is only stored on your device and can only be accessed by the MindApps application on your device. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].

ALSO FROM MINDAPPS:

eCBT Mood© - for depression

COMING SOON FROM MINDAPPS:

eCBT Calm© - for help with stress and relaxation training
eCBT Diet© – for help with overeating and diet maintenance
eCBT Anxiety© – for help coping with anxiety disorders
eCBT Pain© – for help coping with chronic pain
eCBT Binge© – for help coping with binge eating
eCBT Drink© – for help coping with alcohol problems

LANGUAGES:

English

REQUIREMENTS:

* Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later