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Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy [1]

TARGET is a strengths-based approach to education and therapy for survivors of physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional trauma. TARGET teaches a set of seven skills (summarized by the acronym FREEDOM (Focus, Recognize triggers, Emotion self-check, Evaluate thoughts, Define goals, Options, and Make a contribution) that can be used by trauma survivors to regulate extreme emotional states, manage intrusive trauma memories, promote self-efficacy, and achieve lasting recovery from trauma.

Acronym: 
TARGET
Trauma Type: 
Complex Trauma
General
Modality: 
Individual, Family, Group, Systems
Targeted Populations: 
10-18+; both males and females; for children and caregivers experiencing traumatic stress; very frequently with single parents or with families whose children have limited contact with biological parents (e.g., foster kids, residential placements), and diversity of religious affiliations
Fact Sheet [2]
Published in 2012
Culture-Specific Fact Sheet [3]
Training Guidelines [4]

Source URL:https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/trauma-affect-regulation-guide-education-and-therapy

Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/trauma-affect-regulation-guide-education-and-therapy [2] https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/target_fact_sheet.pdf [3] https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/target_culture_specific_fact_sheet.pdf [4] https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/target_training_guidelines.pdf