Supporting Child Victims of Sexual Abuse: Implementation of a Trauma Narrative Family Intervention
The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families
Published online on April 02, 2014
Abstract
Families who present for counseling to address child sexual abuse (CSA) benefit from interventions that are evidence-based and meet children’s developmental needs. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is an empirically supported approach that is structured to include parents or caregivers in parent-only sessions and a family component. This article reviews the CSA literature as it relates to families, provides an overview of TF-CBT and the trauma narrative intervention, and discusses preparation for and implementation of the narrative family session which is illustrated by a case study.