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Rise Up Counseling

575-408-8119

Hobbs

120 W Taylor, Hobbs

Carlsbad

2319 W Pierce St, Carlsbad

Our Services

Trauma Focused-Coginitive Behavior Therapy

What is TF-CBT?

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based therapy that helps children, teens, and adults cope with the effects of trauma. It can help individuals who have experienced sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, a traumatic event, or ongoing trauma.

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TF-CBT can help with:

  • Anxiety, depression, fear, and overwhelming emotions

  • Guilt, shame, or self-blame

  • Difficulty feeling safe or trusting others

  • Trauma-related thoughts, behaviors, and reactions

  • Challenges in relationships and daily life​

What Can You Expect?

TF-CBT is typically a short-term therapy, often lasting 8–25 sessions depending on individual needs. Therapy provides a safe, supportive space to understand and work through difficult experiences while learning practical skills to manage stress and emotions.

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Treatment may include:

  • Learning coping, relaxation, and mindfulness skills

  • Understanding and managing thoughts and emotions

  • Gradually processing difficult memories and experiences

  • Building confidence, safety, and healthy coping skills

  • Strengthening communication and relationships

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For children and teens, parents or supportive caregivers are an important part of treatment. Caregivers learn how to understand trauma responses, support their child's healing, and strengthen trust and communication at home.

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For adults, therapy focuses on understanding the impact of trauma, developing healthy coping strategies, and working toward healing and greater emotional well-being.

TF-CBT provides a safe, supportive space to process trauma, develop healthy coping skills, and move toward healing.

Resources

Brain in the Palm of the Hand

Teaching kids emotional regulation or how to calm down when they are upset takes time and practice. One great way to teach this idea is through Dr. Daniel Siegel's Brain in the Palm of Hand model. This empowers kids to be aware of the part of the brain that takes over when they are upset, and the important part that is accessible when they are calm. It teaches them to talk about where their brain is at and how they are feeling in the moment, as a first step to getting regulated and back in control. With practice, this grows more of the neurological loops that are needed to strengthen executive functioning and self-control.

Adolescent Brains

The adolescent brain is a construction zone, and the changes in the brain in this period create the “essence” of adolescence: creativity, innovation, the capacity for abstract thinking, and the drive for experimentation. Sometimes as adults, we see the adolescent drive towards experimentation only as a negative, as a problem, a sign of teens being “crazy” or immature. But the science of brain development shows us that this innate adolescent drive for innovation and the creation of new ways of doing things is natural and healthy. If we reject or push back against these natural changes, the result can shut down communication and become destructive.

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