Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) has been evaluated and refined during the past 30 years to help children and adolescents recover after trauma. TF-CBT is a structured, short-term treatment model that effectively improves youth posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and a range of other trauma impacts including affective (e.g., depressive, anxiety), cognitive and behavioral problems, as well as improving the caregiver’s personal distress about the child’s traumatic experience, effective parenting skills, and supportive interactions with the child. Research documents that TF-CBT is effective for diverse, multiple and complex trauma experiences, for youth of different developmental levels, and across different cultures.​