The Delaware Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Roster

What is the Delaware TF-CBT Roster?

Family members, professionals and members of the public can use this roster to find a trained specialist in the treatment of child and family trauma.

The roster is a publicly available listing of trainees and successful program graduates of the Delaware Children’s Department’s Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS). DPBHS has a clinical training program designed to train mental health professionals with at least a master’s degree and experience to use the Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy intervention developed by Esther Deblinger, Ph.D., Judith Cohen, M.D. and Anthony Mannarino with fidelity to the model. DPBHS has trained clinicians in this treatment to provide effective, trauma-specific treatment for children with physical and/or sexual abuse, neglect, a history of witnessing violence (community or domestic violence) or experience with a traumatic event (e.g. car accident).

Symptoms of child traumatic stress include but are not limited to:

• Repeated, upsetting memories of the traumatic event
• Flashbacks, reliving the experience
• Very upset by sights, sounds, smells which trigger memory of the traumatic event
• Avoiding places or people that are reminders of the event
• Being easily startled
• Showing very little emotion, seeming “numb” regarding the event
• Frequent nightmares
• Difficulty sleeping
• Difficulty concentrating
• Lack of interest in usual activities or personal relationships they once enjoyed

TF-CBT is a psychosocial treatment model designed to treat posttraumatic stress and related emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents and is listed as an evidence-based practice on the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website: the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) with a quality of research rating of 3.8 on a scale of 4.0. The link to that website for TF-CBT is: http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/

For general information about child traumatic stress, the website of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (federally funded organization) is www.nctsn.org. It has information specifically designed for interest groups like parents, schools, etc… DPBHS is a member of the NCTSN and the training provided to Delaware clinicians is part of a very competitive federal grant obtained by DPBHS.

Disclaimer: As a public service, the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services of the Delaware Children's Department has developed this roster which contains a list of trainees and graduates it has trained in TF-CBT. Neither DPBHS nor its providers nor its funders provide official endorsement of the clinicians included on our roster. This listing of clinicians is available for information purposes only; this listing is not meant to replace consultation with your physician or mental health professional. The views and opinions of clinicians listed do not necessarily state or reflect those of DPBHS or the State of Delaware.

The Delaware Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Roster*

Clinicians with an asterisk by their names (*) will accept referrals of YOUNG CHILDREN and have received additional training in using TF-CBT with young children.

Unless otherwise indicated, ALL clinicians on this roster accept third party payment as well as Medicaid Managed Care as payment for services.