What is Trauma Focused CBT?
Trauma Focused CBT – As its name implies is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses the specific emotional and mental health needs of children, adolescents, adult survivors, and families who are struggling to overcome the destructive effects of early trauma.
TF-CBT is a therapeutic intervention designed to help children, adolescents, and their parents overcome the impact of traumatic events. It is designed
to help with traumas related to sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, and community violence, an unexpected death of a loved one, natural disasters and war. At Austin Trauma Therapy Center, we provide TF-CBT to adolescents and adults by a TF-CBT trained professional.
How CBT Works
Early trauma can lead to guilt, anger, feelings of powerlessness, self-abuse, acting out behavior, and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. Post-traumatic stress disorder, which affects children and adults, can manifest in a number of ways.
These ways include bothersome recurring thoughts about the traumatic experience, emotional numbness, sleep issues, concentration problems, and extreme physical and emotional responses to anything that triggers a memory of the trauma. By integrating the theories and techniques of several therapeutic interventions, TF-CBT can address and improve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress in youth.
TF-CBT is a short-term intervention that generally lasts anywhere from eight to 25 sessions and can take place in an outpatient mental health clinic, group home, community center, hospital, school, or in-home setting. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to help modify distorted or unhelpful thinking and negative reactions and behaviors.
Trauma Response and Crisis Care (TRACC)
Austin Trauma Therapy Center is a proud member of the TRACC Healer Network. This means that we don’t just say that we are trauma-informed, we are. We provide a trauma-responsive approach in all of the sessions we provide, to help others heal quickly and without judgment.
