The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training in partnership with ASPIN for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. It is a components-based treatment model that incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavioral, family, and humanistic principles and techniques. TF-CBT has proven to be successful with children and adolescents (ages 3 to 18) who have significant emotional problems (e.g., symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, fear, anxiety, or depression) related to traumatic life events. It can be used with children and adolescents who have experienced a single trauma or multiple traumas in their lives. In this session, our speaker will provide an overview of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy concepts.
Lisette Rivas-Hermina is a licensed marriage and family therapist trained by Drs. Anthony Mannarino, Esther Deblinger, and Judy Cohen, the developers of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), to provide training and supervision to therapists in TF-CBT as a Trainer of Trainers. She has been working with traumatized children and their families for 13 years, and has been training for the last 5 years. Her expertise in the areas of domestic violence, sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect inform the depth of her capacity to understand the complexities of childhood trauma.
Mrs. Rivas-Hermina received a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and an M.S. in Counseling from the school of Education at Oregon State University in 1999. Born in Los Angeles, California, of immigrant parents from El Salvador, she is fully bilingual and bi-cultural. Lisette professional affiliate member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is actively involved in the network to promote their mission to provide the highest level of care to traumatized children and their families. Lisette is a dynamic trainer who integrates theory and practice to encourage application of the TF-CBT model in various settings.
