Somatic experiencing - effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Kuhfuß M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276649 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature