TF-CBT Triangle of Life
• 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 iPad and Android tablets. 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/
Category : Educational
Reviews (23)
Wonderful intervention to connect with kids today
Just starting to use it. Awesome
It help me understand problems
I mean, it would be for kids younger than I am. My therapist recommend it for me and I believe that around ages 5-10 it would be perfect
It seems this would be an excellent tool for teaching kids about the distinctions between their thoughts and feelings. Very nice.
The kids I work with that have been exposed to this love it.....and they are doing a much better job of distinguishing thoughts and feelings.
Good game for kids. As a therapist, I'd like to explore why Lion feels compelled to solve everyone else's problems.
My son's counselor just had us download and play this and my son loves it and is understanding what it's about I would like to find more like this
Great game for the kids I work with to help them understand how thoughts and feelings effect behavior. And it's fun!
Cannot get through owl level. Lion gets stuck trying tojump rock.
Great game, very short. I'd love to see more games like this or see this more developed for longer play. So fun and really helpful!
This is my daughter's game
this doesnt have enough levels of experience otherwise its pretty good
Therapy game
My couniler said for me to get it
My client loved it.
Great problem solving ideas !
Great for teaching kids about CBT in a fun way.
At the point in the game where lion needs to jump on the stork I can't get the lion to jump high enough to get to the stork. Can't figure it out.
Excellent tool to make complex concepts easier in kid friendly form
My girls enjoy it. It helps them feel better.
My kid love this game it helps her a lot
I've used this game a few times in my practice and the kids loved it.