This would be useful because these are techniques that may be easier for a child to master. If a child can master these techniques than they can feel as if they are back in control over their cognitions. Other elements of CBT such as art therapy and play therapy have proven useful strategies in alleviating these childrens' symptoms. These children do well with therapy when it involves creative writing of stories, poems or songs. One of the most important factors of CBT is that the therapist learns how the child thinks.
Children make false attributions to their trauma.
The therapist makes sure the child realizes that she is not weird for thinking the way she does and that her reactions are normal. EMDR has proved to be somewhat useful in helping children because it has been reported that recovery for children seems to be more rapid than for adults. Most clinicians still feel cautious of using EMDR considering it is somewhat relatively new and in the experimental stages. The standardized measures used in EMDR have been mixed. One example of this would be the SUDS because this scale is self-report, so a researcher could possibly have a biased report.