Edna Foa, Pioneer of Exposure Therapy for PTSD, Dies at 88
Lead Edna Foa, an Israeli American clinical psychologist who developed prolonged exposure therapy and transformed treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, died on March 24 in Philadelphia at age 88. Her daughter, Yael Foa, confirmed that complications of pneumonia caused her death. Foa’s methods—pioneered from the late 1960s through the 1980s—shifted clinical practice toward direct, structured … Read more