Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition by Judith A. Cohen & Anthony P. Mannarino & Esther Deblinger

Author:Judith A. Cohen & Anthony P. Mannarino & Esther Deblinger [Cohen, Judith A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781462528424
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 2017-01-08T23:00:00+00:00

The therapist can then ask the parent to focus on a situation in which he/she was feeling badly and to identify the thoughts that led to those bad feelings. The parent should then be asked to generate alternative thoughts that might lead to less distress. As is the case with the child, it is not necessary for the therapist to examine parental cognitions about the child’s trauma at this point, unless the parent spontaneously raises this topic. Early in treatment the goal is to introduce the cognitive triangle and encourage parents to identify inaccurate or unhelpful thoughts occurring in their daily lives and to learn how to feel better by examining and reframing these.

Cognitive coping can be used to challenge pessimistic thoughts that either arose following the traumatic event(s) or were held previously but have become stronger as a result of the trauma or loss. Such pessimistic thoughts may include the following:

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