EMDR Pre-treatment Yoga for Complex Trauma

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-70
SponsorDominique JANUEL

About this trial

yoga is a technique of hope. Indeed, it is a practice that specifically combines postures, breathing technique and a state meditative. The combination of these elements produces multiple effects that are exposed to detailed in the publications of Bessel Van der Kolk (Price et al., 2017; Rhodes, Spinazzola, \& van der Kolk, 2016; Van der Kolk, 2014; Van Der Kolk et al., 2014) and whose four main effects are summarized here:

* A regulation of the level of vigilance * An improvement in self-awareness * An increased sense of self-efficacy * Improved metacognition, awareness and regulation emotional

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Meets diagnostic criteria for Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder according to ICD-11 criteria, related to childhood sexual abuse

PCL-5 must be at least 45

Age between 18 and 70.

Free, informed and signed consent.

Disqualifiers

Pregnant women

Severe and/or unstable somatic diseases

Diseases resulting in serious motor disorders (e.g. people paralyzed)

Patient not affiliated with social security, State Medical Aid (AME)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 10 Sessions of yogatherapy associate with EMDR
  • The second group will have EMDR without yogatherapy

Treatment groups

66 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Dominique JANUEL

Lead sponsor

Centre hospitalier de Ville-Evrard, France

Sponsor institution