Regulation
When parents have an excessive level of distress about their child's abuse (e.g., can't
stop crying when talking about it), a good first step is to:
Refer the parent for their own individual treatment
Allow the child to observe and understand the parent's distress so that they can see
how much the parent cares about them
Encourage the parent to discuss their feelings with you and try to address them in
parent sessions
Use joint parent-child sessions to work through the affective expression module with the
child and parent together - CORRECT ANSWER-Encourage the parent to discuss their
feelings with you and try to address them in parent sessions
Caregiver emotion can be an important factor to consider and should be addressed
directly with parents outside the child's presence.
Which of the following is Affective Identification and Expression NOT designed to teach
children?
The difference between types of feelings
How to recognize different degrees of intensity of emotions
The difference between thoughts and feelings
How to emotionally process the traumatic event - CORRECT ANSWER-How to
emotionally process the traumatic event
Emotional processing of the traumatic event happens later in TF-CBT when the Trauma
Narrative is created and discussed.
When children find it hard to discuss their own feelings, it is often helpful to:
Temporarily skip over this technique and return to it later in treatment
Discuss the trauma, where feelings are likely to be stronger, clearer, and therefore
easier to describe
Discuss the feelings of other children or imaginary characters from books
Bring the parent into joint sessions so that the parent can help describe the child's
feelings - CORRECT ANSWER-Discuss the feelings of other children or imaginary
characters from books
Children are often able to discuss others' feelings more easily than their own, so talking
about how others feel may help some kids gain insight into their own emotions.