A Pilot Study of Tailored Cognitive–Behavioral Resilience Training for Trauma Survivors With Subthreshold Distress

Abstract

This pilot study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Tailored Cognitive Behavioral Resilience Training (TCBRT) for trauma exposed individuals with a variety of subsyndromal psychological symptoms. TCBRT is a brief, flexible intervention that allows individuals to select the areas they wish to target using common cognitive-behavioral change principles. There were 14 individuals (78.6% female) who were recruited from a major medical center and enrolled in the 5-session intervention. There were 12 (85.7%) who completed all TCBRT sessions, and 2 (14.3%) who dropped out after 3 sessions. All participants reported that they received benefit from, were engaged in, and were satisfied with the intervention. Of the 12 with post-intervention data, 41.7% of participants demonstrated reliable increases in resilience and 50.0% demonstrated reliable decreases in anxiety. These improvements appeared to be maintained at 2-month follow-up; of the 11 participants with follow-up data, 45.5% demonstrated reliable increases in resilience and 54.5% demonstrated reliable decreases in anxiety. Our findings suggested that TCRBT was acceptable to trauma-exposed individuals with varying types of subthreshold distress.

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