LIFT
Living In the Face of Trauma
LIFT is a group-level coping intervention for HIV-positive survivors of sexual abuse.
The LIFT intervention provides participants with coping tools to assist them in identifying and addressing their experiences and issues related to HIV infection and childhood sexual trauma.
LIFT is a FREE service to support those infected by HIV.
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About LIFT
Brief Description
- Living in the Face of Trauma (LIFT) is a group-level coping intervention for HIV-positive persons who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
- The intervention consists of fifteen 90-minute sessions delivered to same-gender groups (about 6-8 persons per group).
- The LIFT intervention incorporates adaptive coping, which includes problem-focused strategies for changeable stressors and emotion-focused strategies for unchangeable stressors.
- These adaptive coping strategies assist participants in identifying and addressing individual stressors related to HIV infection and sexual trauma.
Goals of Intervention
- Eliminate or reduce sexual transmission risk behavior
- Improve coping with the combined stressors of HIV infection and child sexual abuse
- Increase positive change in CSA-related trauma symptoms
Participants will Learn
- Problem solving
- Communication Skills
- Risk-Reduction Skills
- Cognitive Reformation
- Relaxation techniques to improve coping
- How to reduce HIV sexual transmission
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