The Trauma Response Program works to improve access to clinically appropriate and evidence-supported assessment and intervention for patients and families when a potentially traumatic event has occurred. This service excels at the prevention and/or treatment of the impact associated with trauma.
The program provides a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, support in accessing appropriate community resources, psychiatric care, and trauma-focused treatments.
Information about Trauma Treatment
Unfortunately, trauma is very common, and we know a lot of effective ways to treat it. Below are the evidence-based treatment models used by our therapists at TRP.
Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)
CFTSI is implemented within 30-45 days following a traumatic event or the disclosure of physical or sexual abuse. CFTSI is used successfully with children with extensive trauma histories. The goal of CFTSI is to decrease post-traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD by increasing communication and family support.
Source: https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/child-and-family-traumatic-stress-intervention
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma. It is a component-based treatment model that incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive-behavioral, family, and humanistic principles and techniques. TF-CBT has proved successful with children and adolescents (aged 3 to 18) who have significant emotional problems (symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, fear, anxiety, or depression) related to traumatic life events. It can be used with children and adolescents who have experienced a single trauma or multiple traumas in their lives.
Source: https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/trauma-focused-cognitive-behavioral-therapy
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma For Adolescents (ITCT-A)
ITCT-A is a component-based, assessment-driven, multi-modal treatment for traumatized adolescents (aged 12 to 21 years). The ITCT model is based on developmentally appropriate, culturally adapted approaches that can be applied in multiple settings (outpatient clinic, school, hospital, inpatient, residential) and involves collaboration with multiple community agencies. ITCT-A addresses challenges specifically associated with complex trauma and includes separate treatment manuals addressing substance use as well as disruptive behavior or self-injurious behavior.
Source: https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/integrative-treatment-complex-trauma-adolescents
Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT-A)
TGCT-A is a manualized group or individual treatment program for trauma-exposed or traumatically bereaved older children and adolescents that may be implemented in school, community mental health, clinic, or other service settings. It is a modularized, assessment-driven, flexibly tailored treatment manual and accompanying youth workbook that includes detailed instructions for conducting individual or group sessions. Specific treatment modules (and specific sessions within modules) are selected, prioritized, sequenced, and emphasized based on the patient’s specific needs, strengths, circumstances, and informed wishes. The intervention contains a variety of components organized into four modules.
Source: https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/trauma-and-grief-component-therapy-adolescents
Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-6 who have experienced at least one traumatic event and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder. This treatment is based on attachment theory but also integrates psychodynamic, developmental, trauma, social learning, and cognitive behavioral theories. Therapeutic sessions include the child and primary caregiver. The primary goal of CPP is to support and strengthen the relationship between a child and their caregiver as a vehicle for restoring the child’s cognitive, behavioral, and social functioning. Treatment also focuses on contextual factors that may affect the caregiver-child relationship.
Source: https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/child-parent-psychotherapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy (treatment that focuses on thoughts and feelings) that has been effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD that have developed after experiencing a variety of traumatic events. CPT provides a way to understand why recovery from traumatic events is difficult and how symptoms of PTSD affect daily life. The focus is on identifying how traumatic experiences change thoughts and beliefs, and how thoughts influence current feelings and behaviors. CPT is generally delivered over 12 sessions and helps patients learn how to challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma. In so doing, the patient creates a new understanding and conceptualization of the traumatic event so that it reduces its ongoing negative effects on current life.
Source: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/cognitive-processing-therapy
and https://cptforptsd.com/about-cpt/
Additional Information
For additional information on TRP services, please download our program brochure and informational flyers from the links below to hand out to clients or patients.
Click here to download the TRP brochure
Click here to download the TRP informational flyer
For more information, please call 314.747.1058.