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If you are a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine or Veteranexperiencing difficulties due to a traumatic
experience (for example, combat, deployment experience, or sexualassault), the PE Coach mobile
application (app) may be part of the solution. PE Coach is designedto be used during psychotherapy
provided by a behavioral health professional who is trained inProlonged Exposure (PE) therapy. By
itself this smartphone app is not sufficient to treat posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD). PE Coach is
not a self-help tool. However, military Veterans, Service members,and others with symptoms of PTSD
who are receiving PE treatment can work together with theirtherapist to use the tools in this app
during PE therapy to process the traumatic experience and reduceanxiety and fear.

The app will guide you through the exercises assigned by yourtherapist and allows you to track and
record your progress in treatment. In addition, the app providesyou with techniques such as controlled
breathing that will help you tolerate and decrease your distress.PE Coach will help you remember and
track your upcoming therapy sessions. You and your therapist willbe able to audio record your sessions
directly onto your phone so that you can review them later as partof your treatment.

This app is based on the Oxford University Press treatmentworkbook for PE, “Reclaiming your Life
From a Traumatic Experience”. The app was designed with militaryService members in mind but will be
useful to any trauma survivor participating in PE treatment.

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