Summary of session content for cognitive processing therapy (CPT)
| Session | Content | Home practice assignment |
| 1 | Introduction and education phase | Describe event’s impact |
| 2 | Meaning of the event | ABC worksheets |
| 3 | Identifying thoughts and feelings | ABC worksheets |
| 4 | Identifying ‘stuck points’ | Practice challenging questions |
| 5 | Challenging questions | Identify problematic thinking patterns |
| 6 | Problematic thinking | Practice challenging beliefs |
| 7 | Challenging beliefs | Evaluate safety beliefs |
| 8 | Safety issues | Evaluate trust beliefs |
| 9 | Trust issues | Evaluate power/control beliefs |
| 10 | Power/control issues | Evaluate esteem beliefs Give/receive compliments Pleasant/positive activities |
| 11 | Esteem issues | Revise description of event’s impact Evaluate intimacy beliefs Give/receive compliments Pleasant/positive activities |
| 12 | Intimacy issues; revisiting meaning of the event | Continue using worksheets |
ABC worksheets, preliminary cognitive restructuring exercise involving identification of Activating event, Belief and Consequences of belief.