What is Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is for children and adolescents that experienced trauma like sexual abuse, physical abuse, maltreatment, or neglect. Counselors use it in an individual or a group setting.

TF-CBT is highly structured with specific goals for each session, lasting anywhere from eight to 25 sessions. It also includes non-offending parents and caregivers to help the child continue the work they learn during and increase positive behaviors at home, at school, and in the rest of their lives.

TF-CBT helps children and adolescents understand the connection between thoughts and feelings. Additionally, TF-CBT uses the trauma narrative process, where children or adolescents retell the therapist their trauma experience. Then, the child and counselor process the trauma. These phases are crucial to TF-CBT’s goal, which is to allow the child to live a healthier life post-trauma ultimately.

Therapists Who Specialize in Using Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Ashley Griffin

Dallas

Texas

Are you struggling to keep your family connected? Ashley believes that mental health affects everyone, and their relationships, in some way, shape, or form. She works with individuals, including teens, that have mental illness that make being a human even more challenging, as well as support their families by giving them tools to stay strong in a mental health crisis. Ashley is very passionate...
At Crossnore School & Children's Home we offer services to residential, outpatient, and school-based clients utilizing a trauma-informed model of care. We provide each client with a complete clinical assessment to ensure they receive personalized services and the best care for their needs. Our clients work with a therapist in a consistent, structured, and collaborative environment that promotes...

Lacie Turner

Fresno

California

Are you ready to feel well again? Sometimes in life, we need to have our voice heard. I believe in listening, helping, and connecting, with people. Everyone struggles with depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and everyday life stressors at some point in their life. I provide an unbiased, and non-judgmental space for you to grow and learn more about yourself. My best work is with individuals who...
I believe that we all have the capability to grow and move into a place of connectedness. My aim is to provide a safe space for clients to feel seen, heard, and valued. I believe that the therapy process empowers clients to move into a place of freedom, where they are free of burdens to be able to experience their authentic self. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I use a...

Chrissy Raines

Charlotte

North Carolina

I am passionate about giving individuals the tools to more successfully manage behavioral and emotional challenges. My work focuses on children, adolescents, and their families, and I aim to understand each individual's unique strengths and challenges so that we can collaboratively develop a clear and effective treatment plan. Many of my clients set goals related to preventing or reducing the...
I am experienced working with a wide range of mental health concerns: Depression, Bipolar, Anxiety, BPD, and PTSD. I have over ten years of experience and have worked in a wide array of settings including outpatient and intensive services. I work with children as well, ages 2-17. I have training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Collaborative Problem Solving, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral...