Catholic Family Services, through the generosity of the St. Louis County Children’s Services Board, is partnering with the Missouri Academy for Child Trauma Studies (MoACTS) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to provide Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in our County Offices. We are expanding our therapists clinical expertise through a Learning Collaborative focused on training our therapists in the adoption and implementation of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). This enables our therapists to appropriately and professionally serve and improve outcomes for traumatized children and families in St. Louis County.

CFS therapists are specifically trained to provide initial screening for the various types of trauma and symptoms experienced by children. They are trained to provide evidenced based treatment based on an understanding of the impact of trauma on child development and family systems and to effect improvement in trauma-related systems.

TRAUMAS OFTEN EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN

Natural Disaster
Serious Medical Problems /Surgery
Sexual Abuse
Witnessed Community or School Violence
Bullying
Physical Abuse
Parental Separation
Accidents/Car Accidents
Verbal/Emotional Abuse
Experienced or Witnessed Domestic Violence
Significant Loss of a Loved One
Foster Placement
Neglect
Tornados, Fire, and other stressors.

SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA