Discover Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Part 2

Discover Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Part 2
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~ Define Trauma Focused CBT
~ Explore the components of Trauma Focused CBT and their intended functions
~ Explore ways to use TF-CBT with adult clients
Facts about TF-CBT
~ Works for children who have experienced any trauma, including multiple traumas.
~ Is effective with children from diverse backgrounds.
~ Works in as few as 12 treatment sessions.
~ Has been used successfully in clinics, schools, homes, foster care, residential treatment facilities, and inpatient settings.
~ Works even if there is no parent or caregiver to participate in treatment.
Facts About Trauma
~ TF-CBT is intended for children with a trauma history whose primary symptoms or behavioral reactions are related to the trauma.
~ Traumatic stress reactions can be more than simply symptoms of PTSD and often present as difficulties with
~ Affect regulation
~ Relationships
~ Attention and consciousness
~ Somatization
~ Self-perception
~ Systems of meaning.
~ These effects can also interfere with adaptive functioning
Components of TF-CBT
~ Psychoeducation
~ Parenting skills
~ Relaxation and stress management skills
~ Affect expression and modulation
~ Cognitive coping and processing are enhanced by illustrating the relationships among thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
~ Trauma narration
~ In-vivo mastery of trauma reminders
~ Conjoint parent-child sessions
Effects of TF-CBT
~ Reduction in:...
Inappropriate Populations
~ Primary issue is defiant or conduct disordered
~ Child is suicidal or homicidal
~ Child is severely depressed
~ Child is actively abusing substances
~ Potential barriers and obstacles may include the following: The parent caregiver…
~ Does not agree that the trauma occurred
~ Is suspicious, distrustful, or does not believe in the value of therapy.
~ Is facing many concrete problems such as housing, that consume a great deal of energy.
~ Is not willing or prepared to change parenting practices even though this may be important for treatment to succeed.
Interventions to Strengthen Parental Alliance
~ Specific strategies that can be undertaken include:
~ Perseverance in establishing a therapeutic alliance
~ Exploring past negative interactions with social service agencies or therapy
~ Exploring the parent/caretaker’s potential concerns that may make them feel as if they are not being understood, accepted, believed, listened to, or respected
~ Delaying joint sessions until the parent/caregiver can offer the child support
~ Educate about how therapy works
~ Instilling optimism about the child’s potential for recovery
Information about Trauma
~ When children are traumatized, they may:
~ Be confused
~ Not completely understand what has happened
~ Blame themselves
~ Hold on to myths because they've been misled and deliberately given incorrect information.
~ One of the best ways to help is to provide accurate information.
Psychoeducation
~ Psychoeducation helps to
~ Clarify inappropriate information children may have obtained directly from the perpetrator or on their own
~ Identify safety issues.
~ Provide another way to target faulty or maladaptive beliefs by helping to normalize thoughts and feelings about the traumatic experience(s).
~ Get the child to start talking about the specific trauma(s) that he or she has experienced in a less anxiety-provoking way by talking, in general about the type of trauma
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00:00 Introduction and webinar details
02:00 Overview of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
04:30 Exploring the Cognitive Triangle (thoughts, feelings, behaviors)
07:00 Importance of accurate vs. helpful thoughts in trauma recovery
10:00 Differentiating thoughts and feelings in therapy
13:00 Helping children identify thoughts and behaviors
16:00 Parent-focused cognitive distortions and challenges
20:00 Developing helpful thoughts for parents and caregivers
23:00 Beginning the trauma narrative process with children
26:00 Importance of systematic desensitization and exposure therapy
30:00 Preparing children to face trauma cues and triggers
33:00 Identifying unhelpful cognitions and self-blame in children
36:00 Preparing parents for trauma