TTC Study Guide 2026
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📋 TTC Exam Format at a Glance
📚 TTC Topics to Study (63)
✍️ Sample TTC Questions & Answers
1. In EMDR, a 'touchstone memory' refers to:
A touchstone memory is the earliest or most foundational memory in a trauma cluster that, when processed, can generalize healing to related memories sharing the same negative cognition.
2. A trauma therapist conducting crisis intervention with a client experiencing a flashback should FIRST focus on:
Grounding techniques (sensory anchoring, breathing, orienting to the environment) are the first-line intervention to interrupt a flashback and restore present-moment awareness.
3. According to DSM-5, which criterion requires that PTSD symptoms persist for more than one month?
DSM-5 Criterion E specifies that the disturbance (Criteria B, C, D, and E symptoms) must last more than one month.
4. What is the typical duration of a standard TF-CBT treatment course?
Standard TF-CBT is typically delivered over 12–25 sessions, allowing sufficient time to progress through all PRACTICE components including trauma narrative development.
5. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy conceptualizes trauma by understanding that:
IFS posits that trauma creates 'exiles' (wounded parts) protected by 'managers' and 'firefighters,' and healing involves unburdening these parts.
6. A clinician is concerned about malingering during a PTSD assessment. Which approach is most appropriate?
Using embedded validity scales in instruments like the MMPI-2-RF and corroborating across multiple data sources is the ethical and evidence-based approach to detecting symptom exaggeration.