Safe Harbor

The Safe Harbor Children’s Advocacy Center was in the process of serving a child and family that was originally referred for the child witnessing a shooting incident. The child had an emergency forensic interview in the middle of the night. Soon after the forensic interview, the mother reported to the victim advocate that her child was having night terrors, sleep walking, and was unable to identify and process the emotions he felt. At the Child Advocacy Center, the child received Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist in processing what was he witnessed. Currently, the child no longer has difficulty sleeping, he is able to identify a wide range of emotions, and can cope with those emotions in healthy ways.