Program Profile: Child–Parent Psychotherapy

This is a dyadic, relationship-based treatment for parents and young children designed to help restore normal developmental functioning in the wake of violence and trauma.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

Date:

Date Modified: September 18, 2020

In 2011, Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) received a final program rating of Promising based on a review of the study by Lieberman and colleagues (2005). In 2020, a re-review was conducted of two new studies by Lieberman and colleagues (2006) and Ippen and colleagues (2011), using the updated CrimeSolutions Program Scoring Instrument. The re-review resulted in the program maintaining the final rating of Promising.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 18+

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting, Home

Program Type: Children Exposed to Violence, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Crisis Intervention/Response, Family Therapy, Parent Training, Victim Programs, Wraparound/Case Management

Targeted Population: Children Exposed to Violence, Families, Victims of Crime

Current Program Status: Active

Chandra Ghosh Ippen
Associate Research Director
Child Trauma Research Program, University of California, San Francisco

1001 Potrero Avenue, Bldg. 20, Suite 2100, Room 2122
CA 94110
United States

Phone: 415.206.5312
Email

Alicia Lieberman
Professor, Irving Harris Endowed Chair
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry

San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Suite 2100
CA 94110
United States

Phone: 415.206.5377
Email