TY - JOUR
T1 - Disseminating Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a Systematic Self-care Approach to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress
T2 - PRACTICE What You Preach
AU - Deblinger, Esther
AU - Pollio, Elisabeth
AU - Cooper, Beth
AU - Steer, Robert A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge Ashley Fath for her excellent assistance with editing, manuscript preparation, and submission. We would also like to thank Nicole Schuler and Francesca Martelli for their assistance with the data collection, input, and review. We also want to express our appreciation to Stephanie Cruthirds, Carlita Freni, Aimee Sirois, Melissa McLean, and Alissa Glickman, the TF-CBT training team members, for their important contributions. Dr. Deblinger would also like to express gratitude to Judith Cohen, M.D. and Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D. for the many productive years of successful collaboration developing TF-CBT. Finally, we thank all the participating clinicians and supervisors whose important work serving children and their families is so greatly appreciated.
Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the Rowan Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CARES Institute. Acknowledgements
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) training programs augmented with a systematic “PRACTICE What You Preach” (PWYP) self-care focus, which has trainees personally utilize the coping skills they teach their clients. Participants were 115 clinicians/supervisors who completed a PWYP TF-CBT training program. Pre- to post-training analyses documented significant increases in participants’ competency and fidelity in implementing TF-CBT (ps '.001), significantly more frequent use of coping skills including instrumental social support (p '.01), active coping (p '.001), humor (p '.01), and restraint (p '.01), and significant decreases in secondary traumatic stress (STS; p '.001). Children’s symptoms of PTSD (ps '.001) and behavior problems (p '.05) also decreased significantly. This preliminary evidence suggests that training augmented with PWYP may enhance clinicians’/supervisors’ personal coping and reduce their levels of STS without compromising treatment implementation efforts and client outcomes.
AB - This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) training programs augmented with a systematic “PRACTICE What You Preach” (PWYP) self-care focus, which has trainees personally utilize the coping skills they teach their clients. Participants were 115 clinicians/supervisors who completed a PWYP TF-CBT training program. Pre- to post-training analyses documented significant increases in participants’ competency and fidelity in implementing TF-CBT (ps '.001), significantly more frequent use of coping skills including instrumental social support (p '.01), active coping (p '.001), humor (p '.01), and restraint (p '.01), and significant decreases in secondary traumatic stress (STS; p '.001). Children’s symptoms of PTSD (ps '.001) and behavior problems (p '.05) also decreased significantly. This preliminary evidence suggests that training augmented with PWYP may enhance clinicians’/supervisors’ personal coping and reduce their levels of STS without compromising treatment implementation efforts and client outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-020-00602-x
DO - 10.1007/s10597-020-00602-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 32318924
AN - SCOPUS:85084070798
VL - 56
SP - 1531
EP - 1543
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
SN - 0010-3853
IS - 8
ER -