border traumatic stress response center

About




The border traumatic stress response center is designed to provide evidence-based trauma-focused counseling services to youth between the ages of 3 and 17 that have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event.

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traumatic events

Traumatic events include physical and sexual abuse; exposure to family, school and community violence; grief and loss; natural and man-made disasters; military related trauma; living with an impaired caregiver; and involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice system.


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treatment

The BTSRC uses several evidence-based treatment models including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Trauma Systems Therapy for Substance Abuse (TST-SA), and Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT), and Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET).

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community awareness

The BTSRC provides community presentations and training on child traumatic stress.

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referrals

To be eligible for services, youth must be between the ages of 3 and 17 and have been exposed to a traumatic event.

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Program Director: Susana Rivera, Ph.D., LPC
Phone: +1 (956) 724 3177