Clinician toolkit No. 06 · PTSD in adults
The Treatment Map
A guideline-anchored workbook for outpatient clinicians treating PTSD in adults: compare the 2023 VA/DoD and 2025 APA psychotherapy recommendations, choose a protocol with your client, and know what to do when it stalls.
20 pages · US Letter PDF, plus a print-friendly version · clinician edition v1.1 · for licensed clinicians and supervised associates
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What’s inside
Effect sizes against waitlist are not the question in your office; the comparison trials are. This workbook helps you choose with the client, measure, and troubleshoot early.
- Two guideline pages: the 2023 VA/DoD and 2025 APA psychotherapy recommendations side by side, plus delivery and co-occurring care
- Two evidence pages on head-to-head trials and special questions
- A decision flowchart from a positive screen to an active, measured treatment, with safety and stabilization questions first
- A protocol comparison on dose, format, and demands, and a client preference worksheet
- A PCL-5 progress review with published reliable-change and end-state thresholds
- Non-response troubleshooting and target selection
- Scripts, two client handouts (treatment options, getting through therapy), documentation language, pitfalls and fixes, and references
All 20 pages
- Cover · p. 01
- How to use this kit · p. 02
- Scope & disclaimer · p. 03
- Guidelines: psychotherapy · p. 04
- Guidelines: delivery & co-occurring care · p. 05
- Evidence: head-to-head trials · p. 06
- Evidence: special questions · p. 07
- Decision flowchart · p. 08
- Protocol comparison · p. 09
- Preference worksheet · p. 10
- PCL-5 progress review · p. 11
- Non-response troubleshooting · p. 12
- Target selection · p. 13
- Scripts · p. 14
- Client handouts: treatment options; getting through therapy · pp. 15–16
- Documentation language · p. 17
- Pitfalls & fixes · p. 18
- References · pp. 19–20
Page 4: Guidelines: psychotherapy 
Page 8: Decision flowchart 
Page 9: Protocol comparison 
Page 10: Preference worksheet 
Page 12: Non-response troubleshooting
How clinicians use it
Work it across assessment and the first weeks of treatment, alongside your usual intake and documentation.
Built for
- Adults with PTSD starting trauma-focused treatment
- Choosing between protocols with the client
- A PCL-5 that has gone flat
- Supervised associates planning trauma-focused work with their supervisor
A simple flow
- Know where the guidelines agree, and where they differ.
- Read the head-to-head trials.
- Follow one path, with safety questions first.
- Choose with the client using the protocol comparison and preference worksheet.
- Track the PCL-5, review at fixed points, troubleshoot early, and document why.
Scope
This is clinical decision support, not a treatment manual or a substitute for protocol training and consultation. It does not reproduce the PCL-5, CAPS-5, PC-PTSD-5, or any protocol worksheet, and protocol content belongs to the treatment developers. It is not medication advice: it does not rate, rank, or compare medications, and prescribing decisions belong to a prescriber. Deliver a trauma-focused protocol only within your competence, with consultation.
Get The Treatment Map
Instant PDF download right after purchase (full-color and print-friendly versions). Questions or refunds: contact us. Checkout is by Stripe; the seller on your receipt is Advantage Coaching, LLC.
Mason’s own product; Therapist Front Page earns from these sales.
Created by Mason Anglin, PsyD, LMFT, MBA · LMFT #121211 · Registered Psychological Associate #PSB94029529
An educational, clinical decision-support tool for licensed clinicians and supervised associates. It does not diagnose, it is not a standardized or validated measure, it does not reproduce DSM-5-TR criteria or screener items, and it does not replace clinical judgment, supervision, or protocol training. Licensed for use with your own clients; please don’t redistribute or resell it.