Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Filling a gap in the landscape of trauma treatments, SE has attracted growing interest in research and therapeutic practice, recently. Objective : To date, there is no literature review of the effectiveness and key factors of SE. This review aims to summarize initial findings on the effectiveness of SE and to outline method-specific key factors of SE.
Method : To gain a first overview of the literature, we conducted a scoping review including studies until 13 August We identified 83 articles of which 16 fit inclusion criteria and were systematically analysed. Moreover, initial evidence suggests that SE has a positive impact on affective and somatic symptoms and measures of well-being in both traumatized and non-traumatized samples.
Practitioners and clients identified resource-orientation and use of touch as method-specific key factors of SE. Yet, an overall studies quality assessment as well as a Cochrane analysis of risk of bias indicate that the overall study quality is mixed.
Conclusions : The results concerning effectiveness and method-specific key factors of SE are promising; yet, require more support from unbiased RCT-research. Future research should focus on filling this gap. This is to our knowledge the first literature review of the effectiveness and key factors of Somatic Experiencing SE. Results provide preliminary evidence that SE is an effective treatment of PSTD related symptoms and may be also usefull in the treatment of other disorders.
In traumatic situations, people are pushed beyond the limits of their mental and physical capacity. These events trigger a strong stress reaction and may lead to serious psychological and physical illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD; e.
