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Body-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse Recovery

This study has been completed.
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Information provided by:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00097305
First received: November 19, 2004
Last updated: September 7, 2007
Last verified: August 2006
History of Changes

November 19, 2004
September 7, 2007
September 2002
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Body-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse Recovery
Delving Intervention and Mindbody Integration

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.

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.
Interventional
Phase 2
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Child Abuse, Sexual
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Dissociation
  • Behavioral: Body-Oriented Therapy
  • Behavioral: Standardized Massage Therapy
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  • 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.
  • 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. 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.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
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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
Female
25 Years and older
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Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
United States
 
NCT00097305
F31 AT001053
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
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Principal Investigator: Cynthia Price, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Nursing
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
August 2006

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