Body-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse Recovery

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Delving Intervention and Mindbody Integration

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00097305
• Other study ID #: F31AT001053
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: November 19, 2004
• Last updated: September 7, 2007
• Start date: September 2002

Study information

• Verified date: August 2006
• Source: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the effects of two body therapy approaches in women who have experienced child sexual abuse.

Description:

Women who have experienced child sexual abuse often display symptoms of dissociation and lack of bodily self-awareness which hinder the recovery process. Mind-body researchers have examined alternative therapeutic approaches to eliminating these factors. This study will compare a standardized therapeutic message to body-oriented therapy which involves a combination of hands-on bodywork and verbal therapy focused on somatic and emotional awareness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 25 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported child sexual abuse

• In current psychotherapy for child sexual abuse recovery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Over 6 months of past experience with body-oriented therapy

• Diagnosis or medications for psychosis

• Drug or alcohol addiction

• Current abusive relationship

• Dissociative disorder

• In transition on psychotropic medication

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Abuse, Sexual
• Dissociation
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Body-Oriented Therapy

• Standardized Massage Therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Washington School of Nursing	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Price C. Bodywork for childhood abuse treatment: a pilot-test comparison. 35th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference/16th Annual WIN Assembly, Health Disparities: Meeting the Challenge, April 18-20, 2002, Palm Springs, California. Communicating Nursing Research. 35(10):264, 2002.

Price, C. Body-oriented therapy as an adjunct to psychotherapy in recovery from childhood abuse: A case study. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 6(4): 228-236, 2002.

Price, C. Characteristics of women seeking bodywork as an adjunct to psychotherapy during recovery from childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 8(1): 35-42, 2004.