Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for Children With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (TreatChildTrauma)

TF-CBT (see also HThttp://tfcbt.musc.eduTH) is a manualised intervention for traumatized children and adolescents 7 to 16 years old and their parent/caregiver. The primary components are summarized by the acronym PRACTICE: Parenting skills, Psychoeducation, Relaxation, Affect modulation, Cognitive processing, Trauma narrative, In vivo mastery of trauma reminders, Conjoint child-parent session, and Enhancing safety and future development. We will use the manual as provided by Cohen et al. and available in German. The treatment program will comprise 12 sessions with children and parents (partly separated, partly conjoined sessions) of 90 minutes each. The 12 sessions will be distributed over a duration of 16 weeks.