QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Core Elements of TF-CBT
PRACTICE
Psychoeducation and parenting skills
Relaxtion skills
Affective regulation skills
Cognitive coping skills
Trauma narrative and cognitive processing of the traumatic events (s)
In vivo mastery of trauma reminders
Conjoint child-parent sessions
Enhancing safety
Affective Regulations skills
Labeling emotions - use feeling cards to play "Go Fish". Round 1 - label feelings
Round 2 label feeling and say the last time you had the feeling.
Positive Self-Talk
the practice of making affirming statements about oneself to oneself. Are positive
coaches effective in teaching their players/participants? We can coach ourselves
through difficult/distressing moments
Problem-Solving
defining the problem, brainstorming solutions,
evaluating solutions, choosing a solution.
Implementing the solution
evaluating how the solution worked.
3 Cs
Catch it (Identify the thought! Cartoon strips are great for this!)Meta-cognitive ability),
Check (Once clients are able to identify their thoughts the next skill to learn is checking
the truthfulness of the thoughts. ,
Change it
CBT Triangle
thinking, feeling, doing
what we've learned is that as people, how we think affects how we feel and this affects
what we do. So, at each of the corners of the triangle I'm going to write thinking, feeling,
and doing.
cognitive coping skills training
A cognitive behavior modification procedure in which the person learns specific self-
statements for use in a problem situation to improve his or her performance or influence
his or her behavior. An example is self-instructional training.
ITCH problem-solving model
identify the problem
Think about possible solutions