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title: 'What is trauma-focused CBT?'
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markdown: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/mental-health/trauma/what-is-trauma-focused-cbt.md'
date: '2026-04-16'
description: 'This short animation from the UK Trauma Council explains how trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help children and young people recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using a memorable wardrobe analogy, it shows why traumatic memories feel so different from ordinary ones — intrusive, disorganised, and hard to control — and how trauma-focused CBT works with a trained therapist to help young people process those memories at their own pace, so that the trauma no longer dominates their day-to-day life.'
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  category:
    - 'Mental Health'
  tag:
    - Trauma
    - PTSD
  type:
    - Video
  partner:
    - 'Uk Trauma Council'
---

# What is trauma-focused CBT?

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  Duration: 0h 2m 49s  Published: December 2022

This short animation from the UK Trauma Council explains how trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help children and young people recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Using a memorable wardrobe analogy, it shows why traumatic memories feel so different from ordinary ones — intrusive, disorganised, and hard to control — and how trauma-focused CBT works with a trained therapist to help young people process those memories at their own pace, so that the trauma no longer dominates their day-to-day life.

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