Friday 15 February 2019

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.

This enterprise is also holistic. Therapists recognize that treatment ventures for merely the client are not enough. Therefore, it is imperative for the parents and guardians to be incorporated in the process, so that a good outcome is better assured. That only applies, of course, to the non offending parent or guardian.

If they are seeming bothered by recurring thoughts about a particular experience, or else are giving symptoms of emotional numbness, then these are, needless to say, striking red flags. Or else there may be symptoms that are seemingly discrete or less serious, like concentration problems and sleep issues. It is also noticeable that these traumatized persons evince extreme emotional and physical responses or general vexation upon reminder of a particular trauma inducing event.

Therefore, emotional reprocessing is imperative and necessary. Specific variations are existent, as with prolonged exposure therapy. With this kind of approach, patients reprocess the ordeal and then put it into perspective by finding import and meaning in it. As per its tenets, the mind is overloaded after occurrence of trauma, and that translates to difficulties in unburdening.

Suffice it to say that if the destructive behavior of a particular child or adolescent, like behavioral problems, suicidal ideation, or substance abuse, is likely due to a traumatic event, then they would do well to benefit from TFCBT. However, where the factors are synergized, they could also perhaps benefit from the dialectical behavior therapy.

TFCBT is customarily a short term treatment. Generally, it lasts from about twelve to eighteen sessions, one to one and a half hours each. Therefore, it is important to vamp up and be employ a holistic approach. That comes with subsuming psycho education for more assured results. That means educating the non offending parents as well, and exhorting them to adopt according responses and management. In sum, good parenting is a moot point.

In this particular case, a licensed, skilled, and competent mental health professional is imperative. That is because an incompetent one will surely put the patient on a deeper end, and he or she may be led to thinking that treatment in his or her case is hopeless, that which would lead the patient to act out on detrimental impulses and actions. Therefore, family and friends should make it a point to hire one who is specialized and experienced in TFCBT. And, of course, the main thing is that the child or teen is actually comfortable with the therapist, to better vamp up outcomes.




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