Research & Studies | Resources


2024 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | Peer Support Groups Integrated with Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Women Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Feasibility Study and Qualitative Examination 

2023 | Fuller Theological Seminary PsyD Dissertation by Jeremy Lyne | Treating Complex Trauma in the Context of Relationships: Adapting “Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga” as a Couples Therapy Intervention

2023 | JAMA Network Open | TCTSY Trauma Sensitive Yoga vs Cognitive Processing Therapy for Military Sexual Trauma–Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2022 | Science Direct | 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

2022 | Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association | Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Versus Cognitive Processing Therapy for Women Veterans With PTSD Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma: A Feasibility Study

2022 | LiebertPub | Synchronous Telehealth Yoga and Cognitive Processing Group Therapies for Women Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial Adapted for COVID-19

2021 | Freie Universitat Berlin PhD Dissertation by Lea Rebecca Minow | Living with Trauma and Learning to Feel An Ethnographic Approach to Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Berlin

2021 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | Tailoring Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for High-Risk Populations in Public-Sector Settings

2021 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | A Pilot Study to Adapt a Trauma-Informed, Mindfulness-Based Yoga Intervention for Justice-Involved Youth

2021 | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women veterans Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma

2020 | International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies - Complex Trauma Perspectives | Moving Beyond Trauma-Sensitive Yoga with the Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Model (TCTSY)

2020 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | The Influence of Trauma-Informed Yoga (TIY) on Emotion Regulation and Skilled Awareness in Sexual Assault Survivors

2020 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Trauma-informed approaches to physical activity - A scoping study

2020 | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy |
Moderators of Treatment Efficacy in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

2020 | WestCASA | Body Based Therapy for sexual assault survivors

2020 | Journal of Trauma & Dissociation |
Mindfulness and yoga for psychological trauma: systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 | PhD Dissertation by Rowan Silverberg | TCTSY in peer support groups for survivors of sexual violence

2019 | American Psychological Association |
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunctive Mental Health Treatment for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Examination

2019 | American Psychological Association |
Yoga as an Intervention for Psychological Symptoms Following Trauma: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Synthesis

2018 | Evan Alyse Bodine’s Dissertation |
The Lived Experience of Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: A dissertation by Evan Alyse Bodine

2018 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | Bridging Body and Mind: Considerations for Trauma-Informed Yoga

2018 | Boston Medical Center Psychiatry | Meta-Analysis of yoga for PTSD

2018 | European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation |
Yoga for PTSD and the role of interoceptive awareness: A preliminary mixed-methods case series study

2017 | International Journal of Stress Management |
Trauma Sensitive Yoga as a Complementary Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Analysis

2017 | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2017 | The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law |
Gender and Trauma: Somatic Interventions for Girls in Juvenile Justice: Implications for Policy and Practice 

2016 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice  |
Bending without breaking: A narrative review of trauma-sensitive yoga for women with PTSD

2016 | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
Yoga for Adult Women with Chronic PTSD: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

2015 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Claiming Peaceful Embodiment Through Yoga in The Aftermath of Trauma

2014 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Trauma-sensitive yoga as an adjunct mental health treatment in group therapy for survivors of domestic violence: A feasibility study 

2014 | Alison Rhodes’ Dissertation | Yoga For Traumatic Stress

2014 | Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |
Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial 
(Core Study Establishing an Evidence Base for TCTSY)

2011 | Jennifer West’s Dissertation | Moving to Heal: Women's Experiences of Therapeutic Yoga after Complex Trauma

2011 | Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association |
Application Of Yoga In Residential Treatment Of Traumatized Youth

2009 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research