Healing moms, protecting kids: new therapy targets PTSD to stop maltreatment

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria (mothers): * Receiving preventive services at the time of the consent session to participate in the study * Meeting a severity score of 28 or higher OR probable DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD (PDS-5) * Having 1-10-year-old child * Being the legal guardian for the child with physical and legal custody * Being able to read, write, and speak English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria (mothers): * Having suicidal ideation present in the past month prior to pre-assessment or reports of a suicide attempt in the past year (SCID-5) * Meeting a diagnosis of severe substance or alcohol use disorder (≥ 6 symptoms on SCID) AND not in early remission (≥3 months without meeting any substance or alcohol use disorder criteria (except craving) * Having current or active symptoms of psychosis in the past month * Having a disability affecting communication, such as deafness * Having an index child with a developmental condition that impedes cognitive and/or physical functioning, e.g. autism * Having an index child with current symptoms or diagnosis of psychosis as defined by the DSM-5 in the past 3 months * Experiencing current or history of intimate partner violence (IPV) or family violence: If there is a history of IPV/family violence and the relationship is no longer active, the relationship must have ended for at least ninety days with no intention of restarting; If there is a history of IPV/family violence, but the relationship is ongoing, there must not have been an IPV/family violence event for at least one year Inclusion criteria (clinicians): \- Must be a currently or formerly hired Study Clinician or Clinical Director with Safe Mothers, Safe Children. Exclusion criteria (clinicians): \- There are no exclusion criteria for this population. Participants in this population will cease completion of therapist-copy measures upon the conclusion of their role with Safe Mothers, Safe Children, or upon withdrawal from participation in these measures.