Practitioner-Led Use
The tool is used together with the child in a structured therapeutic context, with practitioner pacing, containment, and review.
Trauma Narrative is a practitioner-led trauma narrative and processing tool for TF-CBT. Practitioners use it with a child who is ready to work directly with traumatic memories, organizing the account, sequence, thoughts, feelings, and meanings at a tolerable pace.
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
The tool is used together with the child in a structured therapeutic context, with practitioner pacing, containment, and review.
Incomplete and paused narratives are expected states and can be resumed without forcing traumatic details or completeness.
The tool does not generate trauma content, infer meanings, score readiness, require exhaustive detail, or operate as an unsupervised exposure workflow.
No. The specified use is practitioner-led co-completion in a structured therapeutic context.
No. It organizes content provided by the child and practitioner; it does not generate memories, meanings, or conclusions.
Yes. Partial and paused states are expected and should remain clearly contained.
The account can be reordered while preserving original wording and enough context for later review.