Trauma-Focused CBT for Children and Adolescents Treatment Applications

Since the publication of the authoritative Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) has become the leading empirically supported treatment for children exposed to traumatic life events. This book featuring a wealth of clinical examples describes ways that TF-CBT is being applied in a range of contexts and with diverse populations. Experienced clinicians provide specific recommendations for effectively implementing the approach in schools, foster care, and residential and international settings; incorporating play strategically; and tailoring TF-CBT for adolescents with complex trauma, children with developmental challenges, military families, and Latino and Native American children.

Judith A. Cohen, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. With Dr. Mannarino, she has received funding to assess and treat traumatized children since 1986 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the U.S. Department of Justice. She is a recipient of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Outstanding Professional Award and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement. Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD, is Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital. He is also Professor of Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Mannarino has been a leader in the child traumatic stress field for over 25 years. He has received many honors, including the Betty Elmer Outstanding Professional Award, the APSAC Outstanding Article Award for papers published in Child Maltreatment, and the SAMHSA Model Program Award. Dr. Mannarino is a past president of APSAC and of the Section on Child Maltreatment, Division of Child and Family Policy and Practice, American Psychological Association. Esther Deblinger, PhD, is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the CARES (Child Abuse Research Education and Service) Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)–School of Osteopathic Medicine. A longtime collaborator with Drs. Cohen and Mannarino on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of TF-CBT, Dr. Deblinger has published widely on the treatment of child sexual abuse, trauma, and traumatic grief. Her scientific contributions over the past 25 years have been recognized with the APSAC Outstanding Research Career Achievement Award and the Rosenberry Award from the Children's Hospital of Denver, among other honors.

Introduction to TF-CBT Treatment, Esther Deblinger, Judith A. Cohen, and Anthony P. Mannarino I. TF-CBT Setting Applications 1. Schools, Susana Rivera 2. Children in Foster Care, Shannon Dorsey and Esther Deblinger 3. Residential Treatment, Judith A. Cohen, Anthony P. Mannarino, and Daniela Navarro II. TF-CBT Developmental Applications 4. Play Applications and Skills Components, Athena A. Drewes and Angela M. Cavett 5. Play Applications and Trauma-Specific Components, Angela M. Cavett and Athena A. Drewes 6. Children with Developmental Disabilities, Christina A. Grosso 7. Adolescents with Complex Trauma, Matthew Kliethermes and Rachel Wamser III. TF-CBT Applications for Special Populations 8. Children in Military Families, Judith A. Cohen and Stephen J. Cozza 9. International Settings, Laura K. Murray and Stephanie A. Skavenski 10. Children of Latino Descent: Culturally Modified TF-CBT, Michael A. de Arellano, Carla Kmett Danielson, and Julia Felton 11. American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Honoring Children–Mending the Circle, Dolores Subia BigFoot and Susan R. Schmidt