Two ways to treat trauma stress during pregnancy

This trial is testing Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), a proven talk therapy for trauma, to see which schedule works best for pregnant women dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder. You'll be randomly assigned to receive either the standard weekly schedule (one session per week for 12 weeks) or an intensive schedule (multiple sessions over just 5 days). The study will measure how well each approach reduces trauma symptoms and depression, and how it affects your bond with your baby after birth.

Trauma and stress during pregnancy can be serious for both mother and baby, but there isn't much research on the best way to deliver this treatment for pregnant women. This trial will help doctors understand whether a slower, weekly approach or a faster, intensive approach works better—and is safer—during pregnancy.