A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to ...

Edna Foa asked them to get closer to those moments. She asked women who had survived rape to recount what happened, and encouraged soldiers to explain what they had seen in war. It wasn’t an easy ask, ...

I’ve been a little skeptical about using prolonged exposure therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Revisiting a trauma over and over again in order to become habituated to it seems fine in ...