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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.
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Featured Articles
Preventing Abuse by Integrating Sexual Health Into Your Practice
Missouri Family Physician: The Well Child Issue
July-September 2021 (Pages 14-15)
Downloadable Resources
Below are newsletters that were created by our team.
Issue 27: Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practice
Issue 26: Suicide Awareness and Self-Care for Mental Health Providers
Issue 24: Seasonal Shifts: Navigating the Impact of Spring on Mental Health
Issue 23: The Impact of Social Media Coverage of War and Violence on Young Minds
Issue 22: Gender Affirming Care
Issue 21: Cultural Humility: Incorporating Cultural Humility and Promoting Joy
Issue 20: Trauma-Focused Care and Disasters
Issue 19: The Integration of Trauma and Foster Care
Issue 18: Improving Wellness, Continued
Issue 16: Trauma and Mental Illness: The Importance of Trauma Assessment
Issue 15: Racial Implications of the Covid-19 Vaccine
Issue 14: Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Concerns around Trauma and Suicide
Issue 13: Talking with Patients about Race and Racial Trauma
Issue 12: Supportive Resources Addressing Race
Issue 11: How to Talk to Your Child About COVID-19
Issue 10: COVID-19 Child-Psych Resources
Issue 9: COVID-19: Impacts and Recommendations
Issue 8: Trauma During the Holidays
Issue 7: Enhancing Trauma-Informed Care for Immigrant Families
Issue 6: The Intersection of Trauma, Racism, and the Criminal Justice System
Issue 5: Enhancing Trauma-Informed Care through LGBTQ-Affirmative Practice
Issue 3: Self-Care for Providers Part 3
Issue 2: Self-Care for Providers Part 2
Issue 1: Self-Care for Providers Part 1
Additional Resources
Below are some additional resources for trauma
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
UMSL Children’s Advocacy Center
Informational Handout for Clients on Traumatic Stress
Information about Trauma Treatment
Unfortunately, trauma is very common. Fortunately, this means that we know a lot of effective ways to treat trauma. 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 Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. It is a components-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 (ages 3 to 18) who have significant emotional problems (e.g., symptoms of posttraumatic 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) and their families. 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 “acting out” or self-injurious behaviors.
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 clients’ 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. The treatment is based in attachment theory but also integrates psychodynamic, developmental, trauma, social learning, and cognitive behavioral theories. Therapeutic sessions include the child and parent or primary caregiver. The primary goal of CPP is to support and strengthen the relationship between a child and his or her 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
Information about Becoming a Social Worker
All three TRP therapists have pursued careers in social work, specializing in the mental health needs of both children and families. To find out more information on becoming a social worker, please see the links below:
How to Become a Child Social Worker
How to Become a Pediatric Social Worker