Children who have been sexually abused not only often experience PTSD symptoms as a direct result of the trauma, but also develop unhealthy emotional responses and may engage in age-inappropriate sexual behaviors. In addition, parents also suffer from the trauma and thus are often in need of emotional support and guidance in responding to their children's needs. Based on over 25 years of research supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), and other funding sources, Child Sexual Abuse describes a premier empirically supported treatment approach for children, adolescents, and non-offending parents/caregivers impacted by child sexual abuse. Developed to provide support and to alleviate symptoms and problem behaviors in children and adolescents, trauma-focused CBT for child sexual abuse incorporates treatment components that provide children and their caregivers with education and coping skills training, while simultaneously addressing the trauma. The book describes the nuts and bolts of treatment including trauma narration and processing that helps to alleviate children's distress and feelings of shame associated with the abuse. Parents are also taught effective behavior management skills, and treatment often culminates with a focus on parent-child communication and enhancing safety and future development. This highly effective treatment model can be adapted to be delivered in school-based, residential, home and/or group settings.

*Bestselling "gold standard" treatment guide, revised: 60% new material includes new chapters on current research and implementation with groups. *Renowned authors are the creators of TF-CBT, recognized as a best practice by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. *Comprehensive and flexible: can be tailored to the unique needs of kids at varying developmental levels dealing with different types of trauma. *Updated strategies for complex trauma and other challenging scenarios reflect a decade's worth of clinical refinements. *Shows how to work collaboratively with kids and parents to build core skills needed to thrive.

Violence is an epidemic that negatively impacts children across their lifespan. Reports indicate 2.1 million youth have experienced physical abuse during their lifetimes, disrupting the healthy development of children from the toddler years through adolescence, and most cases involve parents. Some parents lack the skills to effectively parent and use physical discipline as a strategy to control their children's problem behaviors. They may use increasing force if children continue to be noncompliant, which places many children at-risk for harm. Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT), created by Melissa K. Runyon and Esther Deblinger and outlined in this guide, provides an evidence-based intervention aimed at empowering families to develop optimistic outlooks on parenting and peaceful home environments, and to decrease stress experienced both by parents and children. CPC-CBT incorporates elements from empirically supported CBT models for families who have experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence; additionally, CPC-CBT draws on concepts from developmental theory, learning theory, family systems theory, and motivational interviewing. The target population includes children (ages 3-17 years) and their parents/caregivers who have already engaged in or are at-risk for physically abusive behavior towards their children. This manual is for clinicians, clinical supervisors, administrators, and others who are considering the implementation of CPC-CBT in their agencies with families at-risk for child physical abuse.

Featuring a wealth of clinical examples, this book facilitates implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in a range of contexts. It demonstrates how assessment strategies and treatment components can be tailored to optimally serve clients' needs while maintaining overall fidelity to the TF-CBT model. Coverage includes ways to overcome barriers to implementation in residential settings, foster placements, and low-resource countries. Contributors also describe how to use play to creatively engage kids of different ages, and present TF-CBT applications for adolescents with complex trauma, children with developmental challenges, military families struggling with the stresses of deployment, and Latino and Native American children. See also Cohen et al.'s authoritative TF-CBT manual, Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition.

Die in den USA entwickelte "Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" (TF-CBT), ein verhaltenstherapeutischer Ansatz zur Bearbeitung von Traumata und Trauer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Der Therapieansatz wird sehr anschaulich, anhand konkreter Beispiele und direkt auf die Therapiesituation bezogen dargestellt: Arbeitsblatter, Beispieldialoge und spezifische Problem-Losung-Gegenuberstellungen

ermoglichen eine schnelle Umsetzung in die Praxis. Durch den modularen Aufbau des Buches konnen die 19 Komponenten des Programms, u.a. Auswirkungen von Trauma und Trauer, Psychoedukation, Elternfertigkeiten, Entspannung, Forderung kunftiger Sicherheit, Ruckschau und Beendigung der Behandlung, schnell erfasst und gezielt vertieft werden.

Eine Bereicherung fur alle Therapeuten und Psychiater, die mit traumatisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen arbeiten."