CTC Evidence-Based Trauma Therapies 3

Question 1

In TF-CBT, the PRACTICE acronym helps practitioners remember the treatment components. What does the letter 'A' represent?

Accepted Answer

Affective regulation

Answer

In the PRACTICE acronym, 'A' stands for Affective regulation, the skills taught to help children manage difficult emotions associated with trauma.

Question 2

Seeking Safety, an evidence-based treatment for trauma and substance use disorders, is best characterized as which type of intervention?

Accepted Answer

Present-focused coping skills therapy

Answer

Seeking Safety is a present-focused therapy that teaches safe coping skills without requiring trauma exposure or processing of trauma content.

Question 3

The concept of 'titration' in Somatic Experiencing refers to:

Accepted Answer

Introducing small, tolerable amounts of traumatic activation to avoid overwhelm

Answer

Titration in SE involves carefully introducing small doses of traumatic material so the nervous system can process it without becoming overwhelmed or retraumatized.

Question 4

Which trauma therapy is most explicitly grounded in Bowlby's attachment theory and focuses on restructuring the parent-child attachment bond?

Accepted Answer

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Answer

CPP is explicitly rooted in attachment theory, using the caregiver-child relationship as the central mechanism of therapeutic change.

Question 5

In Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), the 'lifeline' technique serves what primary purpose?

Accepted Answer

Creating a chronological narrative of the client's entire life including traumatic and positive events

Answer

The lifeline is a tangible timeline where clients place flowers (positive events) and stones (traumatic events) to construct a chronological life narrative.

(CTC) Childhood Trauma Consultant Certified Practice Test

(CTC) Childhood Trauma Consultant Certified Practice Test

CTC Evidence-Based Trauma Therapies 3