HIGH-INTENSITY ANXIETY TRAINING
Barbara O Rothbaum has been working with people who have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, since 1986, not long after the condition became an official diagnosis back in 1980 She has seen it all – the jumpy, sweaty, can’t-breathe panic and near fainting that happen when the surf washes over someone’s waist and they’re sure they’ll be sucked under; the horror of impending abuse or trauma that flashes up with the click of a key in the lock It’s never pretty and often doesn’t end well
“Weekly therapy is like ripping off a scab,” says Rothbaum. “In the week between sessions, the
