Potentially eligible studies on the effectiveness of body or somatic psychotherapies were included if they met the inclusion criteria. controlled studies without randomisation.meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Studies were selected using the following inclusion criteria for effectiveness: The following search terms were used: body-centered psychotherapy body-oriented psychotherapy Radix psychotherapy breathwork healing touch touch therapy somatic psychotherapy mind-body or body psychotherapy combined with effectiveness efficacy trial* evidence-based intervention outcome* study or studies were employed using Boolean operators ‘AND’ and ‘OR’. These databases were selected to include a broad search of the literature. The databases searched included the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Medline, PsycINFO and PubMed. Limits were applied to language (English only) and publication type (periodicals, peer reviewed). The review of international research focused on papers published in the last five years (i.e., 2008 onwards), and the review of Australian literature concentrated on studies published during the last 10 years (i.e., 2003 onwards). Mindfulness-based Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing are already established modalities and given the large body of existing research and the overlap with other modalities they have been excluded from the current review. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).Touch Therapies (Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch).Acupoint Tapping Therapies (Emotional Freedom Therapy, Thought Field Therapy).
Body-oriented psychotherapy interventions (including Breathwork, Relaxation Therapies, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, Affect-focused Body-Psychotherapy, Body Awareness Group Therapy, Body-oriented Group Psychotherapy, Gerda Boyesen’s body psychotherapy).These are the only empirically researched areas in the field ( for a detailed description see Appendix 1). The focus of this literature review is on body-centered and somatic psychotherapies and is structured according to the modalities outlined below. The common theme is the connection between body and mind and the underlying premise that our relationship to ourselves, others and the world is not only rooted in our mind and thoughts but also in our bodies. 1)īody-oriented or somatic psychotherapy is a very diverse field ( Röhricht, 2009 Young, 2011). “Body-oriented psychotherapy interventions” is an umbrella term for all psychotherapies “that explicitly use body techniques to strengthen the developing dialogue between patient and psycho-therapist about what is being experienced and perceived … In most schools of body psychotherapy, the body is considered a means of communication and exploration” ( Heller, 2012, p.
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