Brad Schipke argues PTSD can be treated at home with the right tools, claiming weekly therapy alone creates dependency and slows recovery. He cites cases where clients recovered in 30 days using home-based techniques, positioning self-directed work as faster than therapy alone.
Can PTSD be treated from home? The answer is yes, it can be if you know the right tools. And I would say that that is actually the most important thing and the best thing that you could ever possibly do for yourself is learn how to heal your trauma and your PTSD from home, because that way you are unshackled from the dependent relationship that most people have on their therapists. Where most people get stuck is that they depend on their therapist 100% for the healing, and they don't actually believe that they can do it themselves. It's dangerous to not heal on your own. It's dangerous to only rely on your once-a-week, 50-minute therapy session just to heal your own PTSD. That is a failing formula. If you've had PTSD for a long time, for years or decades, like most of my clients have, one therapy session a week just won't cut it. I would actually say that treating your PTSD at home is the best way to do it. It doesn't mean you have to ditch your therapist, but it will help you heal so much faster. I've had clients that have healed in as little, as little as 30 days just because they had the tools to heal from home.
