Addressing PTSD Through Trauma Focused CBT

By Donald Cox


Trauma is very much affective and damaging at all points and stages. However, let us go out on a limb here and emphasize its dire effects on children and young adults. That is perhaps because they have less things going on for them, and they are more likely to dwell on a particular event that have altered their psyche and scarred them for life. Early intervention is therefore imperative, and that is assured through trauma focused cbt Nyack.

CBT is an acronym for cognitive behavioral therapy. When talking about TFCBT, the nub of the matter are usually children or adolescents, but adults can still benefit from it. It is recognized, however, that for children a traumatic experience essentially comes under the turf of a crisis. That is because they have higher brain plasticity, which enables them to absorb a whole spectrum of learning, habits, and of course, experiences.

It may also come on gradually, such as that if the stress is building up because of past traumas. Other stressors may come in the picture and contribute to the oppressive feeling, even when it is unrelated to the event or experience itself. Also, if an experience happens repeatedly over a long period of time, then the trauma can be accordingly debilitating. Oppressive feelings, like self guilt and helplessness, also vamp up the traumatic disorder.

The TFCBT is delivered by mental health professionals, who may specifically be psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors or social workers. However, they are required to be certified and registered in the practice of TFCBT. Being accordingly licensed means they have undertaken the certifying training course.

Having a mindset that puts preponderance on trauma is, needless to say, harmful for a person. That is because it can totally alter everything about them, from their thoughts, actions, behaviors, habits, and essentially how they live out their life. They can be particularly depressed, anxious, aggressive, suicidal, or whatnot.

TFCBT is a holistic approach. It integrated the theories, approach, and techniques of the tried and tested therapeutic interventions that came before it. Therefore, it has assured beneficial effects, in both treatment and symptom mitigation in youth posttraumatic stress.

There is also cognitive processing, that which focuses more on a person line of thoughts or way of thinking. The therapist spots maladaptive patterns of thinking in the patient, and redirects them to better channels and ways of coping. There is also a so called method called Seeking Safety, which is all about emotional regulation. Patients go through relaxation and mindfulness training, and by further sprucing up their coping skills.

Among the primary treatment approaches in this regard is cognitive processing. With this method, the clients are made to draw connections between their experiences, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. This is necessary because in the case of trauma, only the traumatic experience and feeling takes precedence in an obsessive way, and the patients are not able to focus on other aspects, that which could have made them take things into perspective. In due course, they are able to replace unhelpful and harmful thoughts and focus on the more helpful and healthful aspects, that which will make them improve and be better.

TBCBTs generally last from one hour, eight to twenty five sessions, depending on the scope and depth of the patients problem. They may be held in a therapists clinic, in home setting, hospitals, and even schools. They are very useful in modifying ones line of thinking, which are unhelpful and negative, and redirect them to beneficial perspectives and stress management. It has also helpfully shifted to a family approach that subsumes family dynamics to help ameliorate the patients emotional upheaval.




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