TCTSY Research & Reading

The following journal articles are specific to the use of Trauma Centre, Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Complex & Developmental Trauma.

• Kelly, U., Haywood, T., Segell, E. and Higgins, M. (2021). Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women Veterans who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma: Interim Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial The Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Vol 27, Supplement 1, 2021, pp. S45–S59.

• Nguyen-Feng, V. N., Hodgdon, H., Emerson, D., Silverberg, R., & Clark, C. J. (2020). Moderators of Treatment Efficacy in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000963.

• Neukirch, N., Reid, S. & Shires, A. (2019). Yoga for PTSD & the Role of Interoceptive Awareness : a Preliminary Mixed Methods Case Series Study. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 3, (1), 7-15.

• Price, M., Spinazzola, J., Musicaro, R., Turner, J., Suvak, M., Emerson, D. and van de Kolk, B. (2017). Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 10, 10, 1-9.

• West, J., Liang, B. & Spinazzola, J. (2016). Trauma Sensitive Yoga as a Complementary Treatment for PTSD. International Journal of Stress Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/str0000040

• Rhodes, J., Spinazzola, J. & Van der Kolk, B. (2016) Yoga for Adult Women with Chronic PTSD: A Long-term Follow-up Study. 00,0, 1-8.

• Rhodes, J. (2015). Claiming Peaceful Embodiment Through Yoga in the Aftermath of Trauma. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 21, (4), 247-256.

• Clark, C., Lewis-Dmello, A., Anders, D., Parsons, A., Nguyen-Feng, V., Henn, L. & Emerson, D. (2014). Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunct Mental Health Treatment in Group Therapy for Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Feasibility Study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 20, (3), 152–158.

• Van der Kolk, B., Stone, L., West, J., Rhodes, A., Emerson, D., Suvak, M., Spinazzola, J. (2014). Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75(6), e559-e565.

• Mitchell, K., Dick, A., DiMartino, D., Smith, B., Niles, B., Kownen, K. & Street, A. (2014). A Pilot Study of a Randomised Controlled Trial of Yoga as an Intervention for PTSD Symptoms in Women. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 121-128.

• Emerson, D., Sharma, R., Chaudry, S., Turner, J. (2009). Yoga Therapy in Practice: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research -  International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 19, 123-128.

• Emerson, D. (2015). Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment. W.W. Norton & Company.

• Emerson, D. & Hopper, E. (2011). Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body. North Atlantic Books. 

• Herman, J. (2015). Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books. 

• Van Der Kolk, B. (2015). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin. 

• Perry, B. and Winfrey, O. (2021). What Happened to you? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing. Bluebird. 

• Levine, P. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences. North Atlantic Books. 

• Porges, S. (2017). The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). W.W. Norton & Company.

Pregnancy Yoga/Parenting Research & Resources

• Cooper, A. and Redfern, S. (2015). Reflective Parenting: A Guide to Understanding What's Going on in Your Child's Mind. Routledge. 

• Sunderland, M. (2016). The Science of Parenting. Penguin Random House. 

• Geddes, L. (2014). Bumpology: The myth-busting pregnancy book for curious parents-to-be. Bantum Books.