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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Parents
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Parents

Judith A. Cohen, Esther Deblinger and Anthony P. Mannarino
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, v 35(2), pp 305-318
01 Apr 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2025.11.009
PMID: 41934973
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Abstract

Children Families Parents PTSD Trauma-focused CBT Treatment Adolescents Trauma
Trauma-specific cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) have several common components and have the strongest evidence for improving children’s symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related mental health problems. The model with the strongest empirical support for improving children’s PTSD and related symptoms, TF-CBT, has been tested in more than 2 dozen randomized controlled trials, modified for many specific populations, and widely disseminated. The TF-CBT components and modifications for complex PTSD; Black children who experience racial trauma; and children with parental substance use are described, and brief examples of other child trauma CBTs are provided.

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