TCTSY Research & Reading

 

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

  • Allenea, C., Durand, F., et al. (2025). Yoga as a pre-treatment of EMDR to treat childhood abuse-related PTSD: Feasibility and pilot study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16.

  • Blandin, M. (2025). The power of choosing through your body through yoga after trauma: A phenomenological interpretive analysis (Master’s dissertation, University of Paris Nanterre).

  • Campbell, G. M., et al. (2024). Evidence-based treatments for PTSD symptoms resulting from military sexual trauma in women veterans: A systematic review. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health.

  • Collica-Cox, K., et al. (2024). Coping with depression, anxiety & stress: The healing effects of a jail-based trauma sensitive yoga program. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 45.

  • Dietrich, K. M., et al. (2024a). Experiences with one-to-one Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga sessions: Consensual qualitative research. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 34.

  • Dietrich, K. M., et al. (2024b). Effects of one-to-one Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga sessions on psychological symptoms and interoception over 6 months. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 34.

  • Emerson, D., Pringle, K., Jude, M., Bodine, E., Kempe, E., & Nguyen-Feng, V. N. (2025). Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Conceptual components, facilitation guides, and reflections. In The Palgrave handbook of third-wave psychotherapies. Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Lyne, J. (2023). Treating complex trauma in the context of relationships: Adapting Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as a couples therapy intervention (Doctoral dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary).

  • Nejadghaderi, S. A., et al. (2024). Efficacy of yoga for post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Psychiatry Research.

  • Owen-Smith, A., Black, H., Emerson, D., et al. (2021). A pilot study to adapt a trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga intervention for justice-involved youth. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 31.

  • Shatrova, D., Cáncer, P. F., & Caperos, J. M. (2024). The role of interoception in reducing trauma associated distress: A feasibility study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

  • Wehrmann, R., et al. (2024). Peer support groups integrated with trauma-sensitive yoga for women survivors of sexual violence: A feasibility study and qualitative examination. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 34.

  • Zaccari, B., et al. (2022a). Findings from a pilot study of Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga versus cognitive processing therapy for PTSD related to military sexual trauma among women veterans. Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

  • Zaccari, B., et al. (2022b). Synchronous telehealth yoga and cognitive processing group therapies for women veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: A multisite randomised controlled trial adapted for COVID-19. Journal of Women’s Health.

  • Zaccari, B., et al. (2023). Yoga vs cognitive processing therapy for military sexual trauma–related post-traumatic stress disorder: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA.

  • Zhu, L., et al. (2022). Mind–body exercises for PTSD symptoms, depression, and anxiety in patients with PTSD: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 738211.

  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. (2024). A narrative example of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) as an intervention for behavioural health outcomes in children and adolescents. ISTSS Newsletter.

  • 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.