Trauma-Focused Integrated Play Therapy (TFIPT)
Program/Intervention Name
Category
Domestic Violence Exposure, Sexual Behavior Problems in Adolescents and Children, Trauma Treatment
Program/Intervention Description
The program utilizes a combination of directive and nondirective approaches to advance structured, goal-oriented therapy for abused children and their families. Includes a focused interest in facilitating, encouraging, and allowing nondirective play therapy that often leads to children's discovery and utilization of post-traumatic play, which is a unique form of play that's a spontaneous occurrence with young children who experience psychic trauma. It appears to be a child's natural way to induce gradual exposure, narrative formation, and trauma processing.
Intervention Target Population Identified (Age Group)
6-12, 13-17
Program Goals/Outcomes
1) Conduct a comprehensive assessment of child's phenomenological experience of trauma and trauma impact. 2)Identify trauma-related symptoms, if any.3) Help child explore and express thoughts and feelings associated with children's abuse. 4)Increase coping strategies and self-regulation to restore pre-abuse functioning. 5) Ensure child's access to internal and external resources. 6)Enhance child's self-esteem and sense of competence
QIC Target Group
Both Target 1 and Target 2
QIC Adoption/Guardianship Relevance Levels
LEVEL 3: Replicated Without Adaptation for Adoption or Guardianship
QIC level of Evidence
LEVEL 5: Better Practice
Intervention Web Site/URL
Contact Person/Purveyor
Agency/Affiliation
Contact Email
Contact Phone
External Links (Registry/Other Catalog)
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse: www.cebc4cw.org/program/trauma-focused-integrated-play-therapy/
