Trauma-focused CBT training

Embrace child victims of Crime will be holding a training event in Huntingdon on 15th and 16th May 2019.

Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy (TF-CBT) is the only intervention recommended by NICE guidelines for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The cognitive model of PTSD in children and young people (Meiser-Stedman, 2002) will be presented and explained. This model will be used to consider:

• How children and families react to traumatic events.
• Risk factors for PTSD
• How TF-CBT and related interventions decrease distress and increase functioning.

By the end of this workshop the therapists should:

• Be familiar with and understand the cognitive model of PTSD
• Be aware of how children and young people commonly react to traumatic events (including PTSD) and how the cognitive model can account for these reactions
• Have some understanding of how development and systemic factors impact on such a model
• Understand how to intervene effectively using TF-CBT, taking into account developmental and systemic issues
• Be familiar with the evidence supporting TF-CBT for children and young people with PTSD.

Venue and cost

Date: 15th and 16th May 2019 

Time: 9.30-16.30

Venue: Huntingdonshire FA, Ambury House, 4 Sovereign Court, Lancaster Way Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6XU

Cost: £300 per delegate.

Contact: Please contact Emma Davies on emma@embracecvoc.org.uk to book a place.