Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment
David Emerson
When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma—whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example—talk therapy isn’t always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioural pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.
In cases of complex trauma, mental health professionals largely agree that the body itself contains and manifests much of the suffering—self hatred, shame and fear. Take, for example, a woman who experienced years of ... Read more
Based on research studies conducted at the renowned Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, this book presents the successful intervention known as Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY), an evidence-based programme for traumatised clients that helps them to reconnect to their bodies in a safe, deliberate way.
Show LessProduct Details
About David Emerson
Reviews for Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment
Therapy Today