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Child Trauma Therapy Boulder​

Helping Children Heal, Grow, and Thrive After Trauma

Safe Space to Heal

When a child experiences trauma – whether from traumatic grief and loss, medical trauma, accidents, abuse or witnessing frightening and distressing events – the impact can touch every part of their world. At Resilient Families, we provide a safe, compassionate space where children and caregivers can begin to process their experiences, regain a sense of safety, and rediscover joy.

Child Trauma

Trauma can look different for every child. It might stem from a single event – such as an accident, loss, or assault – or from ongoing stressors like abuse, bullying, online victimization, medical trauma, family transition or conflict. These events can be something the child experiences directly, something they see or something they hear about. Children experience and express trauma differently than adults. Sometimes it shows up as:

  • Nightmares or trouble sleeping
  • Anxiety
  • Social withdrawal
  • Aggression/angry outbursts
  • Regression
  • Reenacting trauma through play
  • Behavioral challenges
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Changes in school performance
  • Avoiding people or places that remind them of the trauma
These symptoms make sense and are the child’s way of coping with overwhelming experiences. It is so important for children to receive treatment after trauma because early support helps them get back on track socially, emotionally and academically. When trauma goes unaddressed, it can interfere with learning, relationships, and mental health. Therapy helps children learn to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and move forward with greater resilience and self-understanding. We honor each child and family’s story and developmental stage. We focus on building trust and safety first – because healing starts with connection. All of our appointments are delivered via telehealth.
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Our Approach To Healing

Our therapists create a space where children feel seen, heard, and respected. We take time to build trust first – because healing starts with connection. We have expertise in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the gold standard trauma treatment for children and their caregivers. We also integrate other evidence based strategies as needed to best support your child and family.

Each therapy plan is tailored to your child’s unique needs, strengths, and pace of recovery.

What is Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)?

TF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment for helping children, teens, and their families heal from trauma. TF-CBT is especially helpful after experiencing a stressful life event such as traumatic grief and loss, medical trauma, accidents, community violence, natural disaster, or child abuse and neglect.

Children and caregivers learn practical skills for:
  • Managing strong emotions like fear, sadness, or anger
  • Understanding how trauma can affect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
  • Processing difficult memories in a safe, supported way
  • Building healthy communication and trust within their family
TF-CBT works! Research show that TF-CBT:
  • Reduces children’s posttraumatic stress symptoms
  • Improves children’s mental health (anxiety, depression)
  • Reduces children’s behavior problems
  • Builds parent’s ability to support the child around the trauma
  • Promotes child and family resilience
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Why Families Choose Resilient Families

  • Licensed clinicians with deep expertise in trauma-informed care for children and their caregivers
  • Short-term, evidence-based approaches that promote healing and resilience
  • Deep respect for each child and family’s strength, story, and experience
  • We actively involve caregivers throughout the whole process
  • Deep expertise in child development and resilience
  • We offer convenient and secure telehealth sessions.

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Help and healing are possible. You don’t have to go through this alone.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We are actively involving parents in all aspects of treatment. We meet with parents both individually and/or together with their child as is most helpful. Parents also learn and try out new strategies in between sessions.

We collaboratively set individualized child and family goals. We regularly check in with children and parents to assess and share progress towards goals. We also monitor progress through established assessment surveys and observation of behavior.

No. Our practice is fully online. All therapy sessions are conducted through secure telehealth, allowing families across Colorado to access care from home.
Yes. Because we are an online practice, we can serve families from anywhere in the US.

TF-CBT varies depending on the child’s goals and needs, but TF-CBT typically takes between 10-20 sessions.

Yes. Research shows that short-term, goal-focused treatment can be highly effective for children and families. During treatment, we work with you to set clear, achievable goals and create a timeline to reach them, tracking progress along the way. The techniques we use are time-limited, evidence-based, and proven to produce meaningful results.

Yes. Research shows telehealth can be just as effective as in-person therapy for trauma treatment. Teens, children, and parents often feel more comfortable opening up from familiar surroundings, which can support faster rapport and progress.