(Provisionally licensed applicants will be considered)
Serve the NC Medicaid population, or have the ability to offer services free of charge.
In order to graduate, clinicians must complete a full course of TF-CBT with at least 2 clients, 1 of which must be a sexual trauma case. TF-CBT Learning Collaboratives include 7 face-to-face training days with bi-weekly clinical consultation calls between training dates. Our model relies on clinicians training together with an administrative leader from their agency to ensure successful implementation and sustainability. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Learning Collaboratives train teams from community based mental health agencies. Experience compassion satisfaction from treating families with trauma histories.
Have timely and clear documentation and good time management skills.Are motivated to learn and grow skills and to implement evidence-based practices.Are able to accept constructive feedback well.Have good family engagement skills (e.g., low no-show rates, positive feedback from families).Are comfortable with directive approach in clinical treatment.Have a cognitive-behavioral and family systems orientation.Have at least one year of post-Master’s clinical experience at the agency.A referral base with a large number of youth who potentially meet the criteria above.Leadership and staff who are committed to evidence-based and evidence-informed treatment.Leadership and staff who strive to be trauma-informed in the services you provide.The TF-CBT is a good fit for agencies with: Although they entail an experiential revision of a traumatic event, they primarily focus on altering distorted cognitions as in cognitive processing therapy. Maximum benefits when primary caregiver is actively involved in treatment.Targets posttraumatic stress, depressive, and behavioral symptoms.Average length of treatment: 8-25 weekly, 60-90 minute sessions.Appropriate for youth who are experiencing symptoms directly related to a traumatic event(s).
By integrating the theories and techniques of several therapeutic interventions, TF-CBT can address and improve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress in youth.Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a trauma-focused intervention for youth (ages 3-18) and their non-offending caregiver. Post-traumatic stress disorder, which affects children and adults, can manifest in a number of ways, such as bothersome recurring thoughts about the traumatic experience, emotional numbness, sleep issues, concentration problems, and extreme physical and emotional responses to anything that triggers a memory of the trauma. TF-CBT has expanded over the years to include services for youths who have experienced any form of severe trauma or abuse.Įarly trauma can lead to guilt, anger, feelings of powerlessness, self-abuse, acting out behavior, and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. The trauma-focused approach to psychotherapy was first developed in the 1990s by psychiatrist Judith Cohen and psychologists Esther Deblinger and Anthony Mannarino, whose original intent was to better serve children and adolescents who had experienced sexual abuse.