Journal article
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Traumatic Separation
Child abuse & neglect, v 92, pp 179-195
Jun 2019
PMID: 30999167
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
In light of the current U.S. family separation crisis, there is growing attention to Childhood Traumatic Separation, defined here as a significant traumatic stress reaction to a familial separation that the child experiences as traumatic. When living in a family setting, Childhood Traumatic Separation may interfere with the child's relationships with the current caregiver(s). Effective treatments for Childhood Traumatic Grief can be modified to address Childhood Traumatic Separation. This article describes current applications of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for Childhood Traumatic Separation.
Using two composite clinical cases, TF-CBT applications for Childhood Traumatic Separation are described. These include: (1) implementing the safety component first; (2) tailoring coping skills to address the uncertainty of Childhood Traumatic Separation; (3) integrating past traumas into trauma narration and processing of the traumatic familial separation; (4) providing Childhood Traumatic Separation-focused components to address challenges of committing to new relationships while retaining connections to the separated parent; and (5) addressing role changes.
These modifications have been implemented for many youth with Childhood Traumatic Separation and have anecdotally resulted in positive outcomes. Research is needed to document their effectiveness.
The above practical strategies can be incorporated into TF-CBT to effectively treat children with Traumatic Separation.
Practical strategies include starting with safety strategies; tailoring skills components to address the ongoing uncertainty of traumatic separation; integrating past traumas into trauma narration and processing of traumatic separation; providing traumatic separation-focused components to balance the challenges of committing to new relationships with retaining connections to the separation parent; and addressing role changes. Through these strategies therapists can successfully apply TF-CBT for Childhood Traumatic Separation.
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- Title
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Traumatic Separation
- Creators
- Judith A. Cohen - Drexel UniversityAnthony P. Mannarino - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Child abuse & neglect, v 92, pp 179-195
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000470802600017
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85064219466
- Other Identifier
- 991021860709204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychology, Social
- Social Work