Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents: Second Edition

This authoritative guide has introduced many tens of thousands of clinicians to trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), a leading evidence-based treatment for traumatized children and their parents or caregivers. Preeminent clinical researchers provide a comprehensive framework for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other trauma-related symptoms, and traumatic grief in 3- to 18-year-olds; building core coping skills; and directly addressing and making meaning of children's trauma experiences.

Implementation is facilitated by sample scripts, case examples, troubleshooting tips, and reproducible client handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size. TF-CBT is listed in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.

New to This Edition

*Incorporates a decade's worth of advances in TF-CBT research and clinical practice.

*Updated for DSM-5. *Chapter on the model's growing evidence base.

*Chapter on group applications.

*Expanded coverage of complex trauma, including ways to adapt TF-CBT for children with severe behavioral or affective dysregulation.