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Narrative Exposure Therapy Reducing PTSD Among Transgender Community

Transgender and gender-diverse adolescents experience significantly more trauma than their cisgender peers, largely due to elevated rates of victimization, harassment, and discrimination. A pilot study found that narrative exposure therapy (NET)—a structured intervention in which the person constructs a chronological narrative of their life that focuses on traumatic experiences—can reduce posttraumatic stress symptoms while increasing well-being and resiliency among transgender people. Because this was a small pilot, further controlled research is needed to fully establish NET's effectiveness, but the findings support its use with the transgender community and warrant additional study.

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