Triangle of Life (TF-CBT) 4+
Allegheny Health Network
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
TF-CBT Triangle of Life – Understanding the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors
• Designed to assist therapists in treating traumatized children and adolescents
• Enjoyable, educational, transformational
• Produced with the clinical experts who developed Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Traumatic experiences such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, gun violence, physical abuse, traumatic deaths, wars and accidents often have a very detrimental impact on children. This can cause recurring negative thoughts which lead to negative feelings, and behaviors. During this novel game, the player, the Lion in a jungle story, helps Fish, Monkey, Panther and other animals understand their daily experiences and practice generating more positive or helpful thoughts in upsetting circumstances which can lead to more positive feelings and more adaptive behaviors.
The game is accessible on both the iPhone and iPad. It can potentially help any player better understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and develop strategies to improve their lives.
Feedback from users:
“The Triangle of Life app has been a valuable tool to teach kids the building blocks of CBT in an engaging, interactive way. My patients enjoy playing this game, and more importantly, are more easily able to understand how to examine and challenge their negative thoughts. “
“The Triangle of Life game is an easily accessible and highly entertaining tool for teaching children about cognitive processing. Children readily identify with the animals in the game and quickly learn that the way they think about their situations makes a difference in how they feel and behave. The game also shows children how negative thoughts can be challenged and replaced with thoughts that are more accurate and helpful. I enthusiastically recommend the game to any therapist who has ever wondered how to make cognitive processing more relevant and fun for their young clients.”
TF-CBT Triangle of Life received an honorable mention in the United Nations PEACEapp competition: http://www.unaoc.org/peaceapp-blog/peaceapp-winners-announced/
For details on how to become certified in TF-CBT: https://tfcbt.org/
Disclaimer:
The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained on this application is for information purposes only. No material on the application is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the application.
What’s New
Version 3.2
Updated for newer devices
Ratings and Reviews
Glitch and sound
I have experienced the same glitch in the panther level as well as the sound getting so quiet in the level that the client cannot hear the instructions - other than that the game is amazing!
Fixing these two would make the app near perfect
How to get around the glitch
I downloaded this on the iPad and I’m really impressed with it with one exception, On the panther level your child might get very frustrated because there’s a glitch. If you get the thought stones in order the third one will disappear before you can get it. The way around this is to get the first stone, Skip the second stone, Get the third stone, Then come back for the second stone! I see from Other reviews this has been a problem for a while And I really don’t understand why the developers don’t fix it. This is an incredible app so much potential for more levels. I have a son who has school induced PTSD And we are trying to find resources to help him. There’s really not much like this out there, so developers please please please fix this glitch and add more levels!
Needs pause button
Looked at using this for one of my kids with cognitive and processing issues. Suggest the following: Have an adjustable speed for the voice, or a different voice that reads more slowly while each word read becomes larger and bolder. Have the ability to pause a section so child can take it in. The part where they reviewed the fish experience with feelings, behavior and thoughts was unable to be paused long enough to process the separate bits of information making it a little useless on the most important part.
Lots of potential in this app, just doesn't work as well for kids who are slower processors or cognitively challenged.
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Information
- Seller
- Allegheny Health Network
- Size
- 180.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Allegheny Health Network
- Price
- Free