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The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County is committed to providing a supportive journey of healing. Swift and early connection to mental health is one of the primary determinants of resiliency from a childhood traumatic experience.
The Healing & Resiliency Program
- HARP, launched in July of 2018, was developed in response to a growing need to treat children who have been exposed to potentially traumatic events such as physical or sexual abuse, witness to domestic violence, or a recent disclosure of physical or sexual abuse. Children who come to the CAC, and who have experienced a recent traumatic event, may be at risk to develop posttraumatic symptoms, which can affect the way he/she thinks, feels, and behaves.
- Family advocates speak with caregivers about the immediate and long-term effects of child abuse-related trauma to children, as well as the stress a family may experience in many areas of their life following the disclosure of abuse.
- Mental health referrals are provided to clinicians at the CAC as well as mental health clinicians in the larger community who are trained and credentialed in trauma informed treatment modalities.
Our Clinicians in HARP are Trained in:
- Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC)
- Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART)
- Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB-CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Alternative Families Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
- Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)
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