Publications & Articles
Posttraumatic Symptom Improvement in Trauma Practice Triphasic Therapy: Preliminary Findings From a Multisite, Community-Based Setting
This study examined the effectiveness of trauma practice (TP), a multimodal, triphasic approach to trauma therapy, within a community-based setting, including phase-linked effects on therapeutic outcomes. Mixed effects models showed significant decreases in posttraumatic symptoms and trauma symptom distress, reflecting a shift from clinical to nonclinical levels with robust effect sizes and reliable change indices, overall suggesting a strong foundation for TP’s effectiveness and clinical utility. Full article Link
By Cassandra R. W. Harmsen | Marlee Salisbury | Kristina Cordeiro | Sara Lynn Rependa | Anna Baranowsky | Robert T. Muller (May 2026)
Online Group Trauma Therapy in a Community Setting: Group Climate and Satisfaction in Relation to Treatment Response
This study examined group climate and treatment satisfaction in online, skills-based trauma-focused groups. Participants reported a positive group climate and high levels of satisfaction. Treatment satisfaction emerged as a significant predictor of symptom reduction. Notably, satisfaction with the practicality and real-world applicability of the group's content was closely linked to improved outcomes. Full article Link
By Cassandra R. W. Harmsen | Kristina Cordeiro | Sara Lynn Rependa | Anna Baranowsky | Robert T. Muller (28 January 2026)
An Investigation of a Community-Based Phase-I Online Group Trauma Intervention
This study examined the feasibility of online group therapy for trauma survivors. Mixed effects models showed significant overall PCL-5 reductions from T0–T2, with clinically meaningful change during treatment (T1–T2). PTSD symptom subtypes as measured by the PCL-5 (re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition/mood, arousal) also improved. Findings support telemedicine as a feasible option for fostering stabilization skills and reducing barriers to trauma treatment. Full article Link
By George A. Langdon | Cassandra R. W. Harmsen | Robert A Cribbie | Anna Baranowsky | Robert T. Muller (28 January 2026)
Trauma-Related Symptom Improvement in Multimodal Triphasic Trauma Therapy: Findings From a Community-Based Study
This single-arm effectiveness study explored changes in trauma-related symptoms—including dissociation, depression, anxiety, sexual issues and sleep disturbances—throughout a multimodal, phased trauma intervention, to explore treatment response in real-world settings with varied populations and complex clinical presentations, as well as varied degrees of clinician experience. Full article Link
By George A. Langdon | Cassandra R. W. Harmsen | Kristina Cordeiro | Anna Baranowsky | Robert T. Muller (10 March 2025)
Depression Symptom Changes in Triphasic Trauma Therapy: Initial Findings From a Community-Based Observational Study
This observational naturalistic study examined depression symptom change over the course of trauma-focused therapy. Understanding the impact of depression on trauma treatment and recovery as well as how to integrate therapeutic techniques for the treatment of concurrent depression and trauma, can assist with recovery from both conditions. Full article Link
By Lucas Norton | Cassandra R. W. Harmsen | Kristina Cordeiro | Anna Baranowsky | Robert T. Muller (June 2024)
Trauma Practice: A Cognitive Behavioral Somatic Therapy
The edition has been fully updated and expanded, remaining a key toolkit of cognitive behavioral somatic therapy (CBST) techniques for clinicians who want to enhance their skills in treating trauma. Throughout the acclaimed book, an effective tri-phasic model for trauma treatment is constructed as a guiding principle, enabling a phased delivery that is fitted to the survivor's relational and processing style.
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By Anna Baranowsky | J. Eric Gentry (November 2023)
Bullying
The pain is more than you can imagine.
Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace.
By Anna B. Baranowsky (September, 2018).
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Trauma Competency: An Active Ingredients Approach to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Meta-analytic studies have extracted 4 common elements among effective posttraumatic stress disorder treatments: cognitive restructuring and psychoeducation, a deliberate and continually improving therapeutic relationship, relaxation and self-regulation, and exposure via narrative of traumatic experiences. The authors present a clinical treatment structure catalyzing these active ingredients into discrete therapeutic tasks that counselors can focus on to maximize treatment effectiveness. The 4 tasks represent an attempt to identify critical competencies and baseline standards for the field of trauma counseling.
Eric J. Gentry, Anna B. Baranowsky, and Robert Rhoton
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Overcopers: Medical Doctor Vulnerability to Compassion Fatigue
We reflect on the role of physicians, the pressures they endure, potential negative outcomes, and a promising treatment for encouraging self-awareness and selfcare. We propose and discuss a new term, "the overcoper" as an identity that many is be emphasized.
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By Anna Baranowsky | Douglas Schmidt (September 2013)
Training-as-Treatment: Effectiveness of the Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training
Mental health and other service professionals who work with trauma survivors often experience the debilitating effects of compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. A "training-as-treatment" effect of CCFST is introduced, described, and evaluated. Discussion of these findings, clinical implications, limitations, and future directions are provided.
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By J Eric Gentry | Anna Baranowsky | Jennifer Baggerly (February 2004)
ARP: The accelerated recovery program for compassion fatigue
The Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for compassion fatigue is a multimodal brief (five-session) treatment protocol for professional caregivers who suffer the combined effects of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The program is designed to assist caregivers in reducing the intensity, frequency, and duration of compassion fatigue symptoms.
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By J Eric Gentry | Anna Baranowsky | K. Dunning | Charles R. Figley (January 2002)
The Relation Between Well-Being, Impostor Feelings, and Gender Role Orientation Among Canadian University Students
The authors examined them in a sample of 379 Canadian university students to determine how well-being was correlated with endorsement of stereotypic gender roles and with the impostor phenomenon. The results supported the hypotheses that (a) people with higher scores for expressive traits score higher for well-being stemming from positive relations with others, (b) people with higher scores for instrumental traits score higher for well-being related to feelings of autonomy, (c) people with higher scores for impostor feelings (and lower scores for ability confidence) score lower for self-acceptance and (d) for environmental mastery.
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By Aysa N. September | Michael McCarrey | Anna Baranowsky | Chantal Parent (May 2001)
A Review of Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Post Traumatic Sequelae
The authors examined them in a sample of 379 Canadian university students to determine how well-being was correlated with endorsement of stereotypic gender roles and with the impostor phenomenon. The results supported the hypotheses that (a) people with higher scores for expressive traits score higher for well-being stemming from positive relations with others, (b) people with higher scores for instrumental traits score higher for well-being related to feelings of autonomy, (c) people with higher scores for impostor feelings (and lower scores for ability confidence) score lower for self-acceptance and (d) for environmental mastery.
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By Anne Dietrich | Anna Baranowsky | Mona Devich-Navarro | J. Eric Gentry (December 2000)
PTSD Transmission: A Review of Secondary Traumatization in Holocaust Survivor Families
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) provides a common language for diagnoses and assessment of trauma victims, including Holocaust survivors. Many of these survivors established post-war families and it is here that we began to witness the possibility of trauma transmission. Parental communication regarding the Holocaust, often characterized by obsessive re-telling or all-consuming silence, and strong family ties are implicated in the theoretical literature on trauma transmission. Terms such as vicarious, empathic, and secondary traumatization have been used to describe intergenerational trauma transmission. The crucial emergent question is whether a secondary PTSD syndrome, reflected in the current PTSD symptomology, is being transmitted from one generation to the next.
Full Article Here: Trauma Competency
By Anna B. Baranowsky, Marta Young, Sue Johnson-Douglas, Lyn Williams-Keeler, and Michael McCarrey (November 1998)