Trauma-Focused CBT for Children and Adolescents: Treatment Applications

by Judith A. Cohen (Editor), Anthony P. Mannarino (Editor), Esther Deblinger (Editor)

Featuring a wealth of clinical examples, this book facilitates implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in a range of contexts. It demonstrates how assessment strategies and treatment components can be tailored to optimally serve clients' needs while maintaining overall fidelity to the TF-CBT model. Coverage includes ways to overcome barriers to implementation in residential settings, foster placements, and low-resource countries. Contributors also describe how to use play to creatively engage kids of different ages, and present TF-CBT applications for adolescents with complex trauma, children with developmental challenges, military families struggling with the stresses of deployment, and Latino and Native American children. See also Cohen et al.'s authoritative TF-CBT manual, Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition .

Genres: Psychology, Social Work, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Counselling

308 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2012

Reviews

[marie monroe · Rating 2 out of 5]

well written and thoughtful, but rigid and protocol-ish. it sets a bad precedent for an inflexible clinical attitude if taken as a stand alone "best practice". it offers good techniques for therapists to add to their trick bag, but it dismisses the power of expressing and advocates suppressive thinking. down the road, these little guys are going to have re-emerging symptoms if their goal is to experience the trauma with no affect.

[Hannah Vetack · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's a textbook. I would have gotten more from it if I was still in school versus already practicing and doing training. there is a lot of information about how to be a therapist, they they are trying to say, "A TF-CBT therapist," that made me go, yeah, that's how that is done in general. overall, I am excited to further my education and gain another specialization.

[Karly Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provides an excellent foundational knowledge and framework of how to implement TF-CBT in treatment, as well as some advanced training specific to special populations and important cultural adaptations.

[Kevin Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very insightful and helping for working with children and adolescents impacted by trauma.

[Chao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for helping people understand CBT.

[Sofia Kreissl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can't believe the statement that a symptom a girl had after rape was "questioning her gender identity".

No analysis or comment that the trauma of being born into the wrong body could affect resilience. Gender questioning was just seen as a severe symptom.

No reflecting on how this surfacing now was due to people listening and asking about sexuality, and how sexuality came into their life at the age of 13 in an abrupt way.

It's terrible that people dealing with and researching on trauma are this limited in their perspective on gender and lack ability to see more perspectives on what is traumatic. The book has overall quite a limited view on what trauma is. Simplified in what we see we deal with, but there is so much more to trauma than what the eye sees.

[Randal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for anyone going in the field of psychotherapy - trauma occurs in all our lives in many different ways.
The complex trauma for adolescents is the only chapter that I found lacking.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good addition to the manual. Helps starting clinicians understand how to tailor this treatment to many different populations.