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Taking Care of
Your Child
The experience of abuse may change the way your child thinks, feels and acts. Many children are scared or uncomfortable talking about abuse for various reasons. Let your child know that it is okay to talk when he or she feels ready and that you will be there to listen.
It is often helpful to set up counseling services for your child. Counseling services act as an additional support and may provide help with behavioral and emotional changes that start after the abuse. Mental Health providers that provide support to the CAC are:
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What is Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
(TF-CBT)
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Recommended 12-16 weeks, once each week for one hour
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Involves both child and non-offending caregiver in treatment
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Educates child about their experience
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Helps child and non-offending caregiver to learn new skills for managing their emotions
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Uses techniques to connect thoughts, feelings and behaviors
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The child and therapist work together to create a narrative, which can be a story, poem or project, describing the child’s experience
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At the end of the TF-CBT, the child and caregiver come together with the therapist to share the narrative that the child created.
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For more information on TF-CBT, visit https://www.chdi.org/our-work/evidence-based-practices/tf-cbt/