Safe Mothers, Safe Children Initiative

This study is a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT): P-STAIR (23 sessions) vs. supportive counseling (SC) (23 sessions). Eligible cases are randomized to P-STAIR and SC in a 1:1 ratio. Participants will be mothers receiving family preservation services (FPS), with a child in the age range of 1-10 years old, and PTSD (with/without depression). Symptom progress will be measured at pre-treatment, two in-treatment assessments (9 weeks and 16 weeks), post-treatment, and at a 6-month follow-up. Study clinicians who deliver the study interventions are also considered participants in SMSC. They are not randomized to treatment arms; they are assigned to work with participants in both treatment arms. The study clinicians complete therapist-versions of certain assessment measures throughout the course of the study in order for researchers to assess the working relationship between study clinicians and the mothers they are administering treatment to.