advancedCPTcognitive processing therapyPTSDstuck pointstrauma cognitions
A 30-year-old woman with PTSD from childhood sexual abuse is undergoing cognitive processing therapy (CPT). She repeatedly states, 'It was my fault — I should have fought harder,' and 'No one can ever be trusted.' Her therapist identifies these as maladaptive beliefs that maintain her PTSD symptoms and begins using Socratic questioning and worksheets to help her examine and modify these beliefs. What are these beliefs called in CPT terminology?