Children’s & Women’s Health
Child Trauma Research Program
The Child Trauma Research Program (CTRP) is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in preventing and healing childhood trauma. CTRP creates the gold-standard, science-based, and family-focused interventions that guide parents in helping their child recover from devastating early childhood trauma, breaking the cycle of violence by improving the mental health and overall functioning of children and the family. Dr. Lieberman also created a remarkable training program in culturally relevant and social justice-informed trauma resiliency work. Recruiting, training and supporting clinicians of color in this field ensures that psychologists reflect the diversity of society; graduates pursue careers that address pressing social inequities in mental health and advance healthier communities.
“When my team and I started the UCSF Child Trauma Research Program at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital 25 years ago, there was no scientific evidence that joint psychotherapy with children under age 5 and their parents could heal the entire family from the emotional damage of traumatic events like domestic violence and child abuse. Lisa’s support was foundational in establishing Child-Parent Psychotherapy as the gold standard trauma treatment for young children, with 2000 therapists across the country and a growing national and world-wide presence.
Lisa also spearheaded the creation in 2013 of the Child Trauma Center Multicultural Clinical Training Program, a unique national program that prepares mental health students to provide science-based, trauma-informed treatment for children across the prenatal-adolescence age range. Every year, this program draws hundreds of applicants from all over the country for its focus on closing the gap in clinicians from underrepresented minorities and for its commitment to social justice in child and adolescent mental health. Thank you, Lisa, for your invaluable vision and partnership in creating a safer world for children and their families.”
—Dr. Alicia Lieberman
“A renowned child psychologist and researcher, Alicia is a pioneer in this work, now training and mentoring hundreds around the world.”
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