4,056
Views
11
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

A Pilot RCT of A Body-Oriented Group Therapy For Complex Trauma Survivors: An Adaptation of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

, PhD, , MSW, , PsyD, , MEd, , RN & , BA
Pages 52-68 | Received 11 Jan 2020, Accepted 29 Feb 2020, Published online: 18 May 2020

References

  • Andersen, T. E., Lahav, Y., Ellegaard, H., & Manniche, C. (2017). A randomized controlled trial of brief somatic experiencing for chronic low back pain and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8(1), 1331108. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1331108
  • Beck, A. T., & Steer, R. A. (1993). Beck anxiety inventory manual. Psychological Corporatiion.
  • Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Brown, G. K. (1996). Manual for the Beck depression inventory-II. The Psychological Corporation.
  • Bernstein, D. P., & Fink, L. (1998). Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: A retrospective self-report manual. The Psychological Corporation.
  • Bernstein, E. M., & Putnam, F. W. (1986). Development, reliability, and validity of a dissociation scale. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174(12), 727–735. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198612000-00004
  • Blanchard, E. B., Jones-Alexander, J., Buckley, T. C., & Forneris, C. A. (1996). Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist (PCL). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34(8), 669–673. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(96)00033-2
  • Brom, D., Stokar, Y., Lawi, C., Nuriel-Porat, V., Ziv, Y., Lerner, K., & Ross, G. (2017). Somatic experiencing for posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled outcome study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(3), 304–312. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22189
  • Cardaciotto, L., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Moitra, E., & Farrow, V. (2008). The assessment of present-moment awareness and acceptance: The Philadelphia mindfulness scale. Assessment, 15(2), 204–223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191107311467
  • Eckberg, M. (2000). Victims of cruelty: Somatic psychotherapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. North Atlantic Books.
  • Ford, J. D., & Courtois, C. A. (2009). Defining and understanding complex trauma and complex traumatic stress disorders. In C. A. Courtois & J. D. Ford (Eds.), Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: A evidence-based guide (pp. 13–30). Guilford Press.
  • Gene-Cos, N., Fisher, J., Ogden, P., & Cantrel, A. (2016). Sensorimotor psychotherapy group therapy in the treatment of complex PTSD. Annals of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 4(6), 1080.
  • Glassman, E. (1988). Development of a self-report measure of soothing receptivity [Ph.D.]. York University.
  • Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
  • Horowitz, L. M., Rosenberg, S. E., Baer, B. A., Ureno, G., & Villasenor, V. S. (1988). Inventory of interpersonal problems: Psychometric properties and clinical applications. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56(6), 885–892. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.56.6.885
  • Langmuir, J. I., Kirsh, S. G., & Classen, C. C. (2012). A pilot study of body-oriented group psychotherapy: Adapting sensorimotor psychotherapy for the group treatment of trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy, 4(2), 214–220. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025588
  • Lanius, R. (2010). Early life trauma: Impact on health and disease. In R. Lanius, E. Vermetten, & C. Pain (Eds.), The impact of early life trauma on health and disease: The hidden epidemic (pp. 1–92). Cambridge University Press.
  • Levine, P. A. (1997). Waking the tiger: Healing trauma. North Atlantic Books.
  • McFarlane, A. C. (2010). The long-term costs of traumatic stress: Intertwined physical and psychological consequences. World Psychiatry: Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 9(1), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2051-5545.2010.tb00254.x
  • Monson, C. M., Gradus, J. L., Young-Xu, Y., Schnurr, P. P., Price, J. L., & Schumm, J. A. (2008). Change in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Do clinicians and patients agree? Psychological Assessment, 20(2), 131–138. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.131
  • Nijenhuis, E. R., Spinhoven, P., Van Dyck, R., Van der Hart, O., & Vanderlinden, J. (1996). The development and psychometric characteristics of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 184(11), 688–694. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199611000-00006
  • Ogden, P., & Fisher, J. (2015). Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for trauma and attachment. Norton.
  • Ogden, P., & Minton, K. (2000). Sensorimotor psychotherapy: One method for processing traumatic memory. Traumatology, 4(3), 149–173. https://doi.org/10.1177/153476560000600302
  • Ogden, P., Minton, K., & Pain, C. (2006). Trauma and the body: A sensorimotor approach to psychotherapy. WW Norton & Co.
  • Pelcovitz, D., Van der Kolk, B. A., Roth, S. A., Mandel, F. S., Kaplan, S., & Resick, P. A. (1997). Developmet of a criteria set and a structured interview for disorders of extreme stress (SIDES). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.2490100103
  • Porges, S. W., & Dana, D. (2018). Clinical applications of the polyvagal theory: The emergence of polyvagal-informed therapies (1st ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.
  • Price, C. J., & Thompson, E. A. (2007). Measuring dimensions of body connection: Body awareness and bodily dissociation. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 13(9), 945–954. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2007.0537
  • Rothschild, B. (2000). The body remembers. Norton.
  • Scher, C., Stein, M., Asmundson, G., McCreary, D., & Forde, D. (2001). The childhood trauma questionnaire in a community sample: Psychometric properties and normative data. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(4), 843–857. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013058625719
  • Van der Hart, O., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., & Steele, K. (2006). The haunted self: Structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization (1st ed.). W.W. Norton.
  • Van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. VIking.
  • Van der Kolk, B. A., Stone, L., Rhodes, J. W., Emerson, A., Suvak, D. M., & Spinazzola, J. (2014). Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75(6), e559–65. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.13m08561
  • Wolfe, J. W., Kimerling, R., Brown, P., Chrestman, K., & Levin, K. (1996). Psychometric review of the life stressor checklist-revised. In B. H. Stamm (Ed.), Measurement of stress, trauma, and adaptation (pp. 198–200). Sidran Press.
  • World Health Organization. (2019). International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (11th ed.). Geneva, Switzerland: Author.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.