Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review
Background: The body-oriented therapeutic approach Somatic Experiencing® (SE) treats post-traumatic symptoms by changing the interoceptive and proprioceptive sensations associated with the traumatic experience. Filling a gap in the landscape of trauma treatments, SE has attracted growing interest in...
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| author | Marie Kuhfuß Tobias Maldei Andreas Hetmanek Nicola Baumann |
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| description | Background: The body-oriented therapeutic approach Somatic Experiencing® (SE) treats post-traumatic symptoms by changing the interoceptive and proprioceptive sensations associated with the traumatic experience. Filling a gap in the landscape of trauma treatments, SE has attracted growing interest in research and therapeutic practice, recently. Objective: To date, there is no literature review of the effectiveness and key factors of SE. This review aims to summarize initial findings on the effectiveness of SE and to outline method-specific key factors of SE. Method: To gain a first overview of the literature, we conducted a scoping review including studies until 13 August 2020. We identified 83 articles of which 16 fit inclusion criteria and were systematically analysed. Results: Findings provide preliminary evidence for positive effects of SE on PTSD-related symptoms. Moreover, initial evidence suggests that SE has a positive impact on affective and somatic symptoms and measures of well-being in both traumatized and non-traumatized samples. Practitioners and clients identified resource-orientation and use of touch as method-specific key factors of SE. Yet, an overall studies quality assessment as well as a Cochrane analysis of risk of bias indicate that the overall study quality is mixed. Conclusions: The results concerning effectiveness and method-specific key factors of SE are promising; yet, require more support from unbiased RCT-research. Future research should focus on filling this gap. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8946003354a4641bec28e30eb488eb82023-04-18T14:59:09ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662021-01-0112110.1080/20008198.2021.19290231929023Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature reviewMarie Kuhfuß0Tobias Maldei1Andreas Hetmanek2Nicola Baumann3University of TrierUniversity of TrierTechnical University of Munich(TUM)University of TrierBackground: The body-oriented therapeutic approach Somatic Experiencing® (SE) treats post-traumatic symptoms by changing the interoceptive and proprioceptive sensations associated with the traumatic experience. Filling a gap in the landscape of trauma treatments, SE has attracted growing interest in research and therapeutic practice, recently. Objective: To date, there is no literature review of the effectiveness and key factors of SE. This review aims to summarize initial findings on the effectiveness of SE and to outline method-specific key factors of SE. Method: To gain a first overview of the literature, we conducted a scoping review including studies until 13 August 2020. We identified 83 articles of which 16 fit inclusion criteria and were systematically analysed. Results: Findings provide preliminary evidence for positive effects of SE on PTSD-related symptoms. Moreover, initial evidence suggests that SE has a positive impact on affective and somatic symptoms and measures of well-being in both traumatized and non-traumatized samples. Practitioners and clients identified resource-orientation and use of touch as method-specific key factors of SE. Yet, an overall studies quality assessment as well as a Cochrane analysis of risk of bias indicate that the overall study quality is mixed. Conclusions: The results concerning effectiveness and method-specific key factors of SE are promising; yet, require more support from unbiased RCT-research. Future research should focus on filling this gap.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929023somatic experiencingbottom-up-therapytrauma therapyposttraumatic stress disorderptsdscoping literature review |
| spellingShingle | Marie Kuhfuß Tobias Maldei Andreas Hetmanek Nicola Baumann Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review European Journal of Psychotraumatology somatic experiencing bottom-up-therapy trauma therapy posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd scoping literature review |
| title | Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review |
| title_full | Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review |
| title_fullStr | Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review |
| title_short | Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review |
| title_sort | somatic experiencing effectiveness and key factors of a body oriented trauma therapy a scoping literature review |
| topic | somatic experiencing bottom-up-therapy trauma therapy posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd scoping literature review |
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