Defining TF-CBT
- Trauma can be...
- Sexual abuse
- Domestic/community violence
- Terrorism
- Natural disasters
- Traumatic grief
- Highly-structured and directive
- Conjoint parent-child sessions
- 90 minute sessions weekly
- Short-term
- Follows P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E.
- Acronym for the 8 components of TF-CBT
- More details later
Introduction
History of TF-CBT
- Wide variety of techniques, strategies, and processes, but...
- Depends on the client:
- How old is he/she? What has he/she experienced?
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Children/youth who experience trauma(s)
Exploring...
- Background
- Literature/Research
- Implications for Counselors
- Future
- Judith Cohen, Anthony Mannarino, and Esther Deblinger 1980s
- Cohen & Mannarino's focus: Child sexual abuse victims
- Many different names before TF-CBT
- Structure Parent Counseling-Child Psychotherapy (SPC-CP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Abused Pre-School Children (CBT-SAP)
- Sexual Abuse-Specific Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SAS-CBT)
- Deblinger's focus: Gradual exposure to trauma(s)
- In vivo
- Writing exercises
- Parent-involvement
- 1997: Cohen, Mannarino, and Deblinger combine approaches
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Children and Youth
by Charlsea Dulin