Publisher's Synopsis
When it comes to study on women recovering from sexual abuse,
there is a noticeable lack of research on body treatment. This study
looks at the practise of body-oriented therapy to try to Ill this important
gap. This type of treatment puts a lot of focus on being aware of
your body. Pt is a delicate mix of bodywork and the mental processing
that is a part of psychotherapy.Pn the history of academic research,
there have been a lot of studies on sexual abuse healing. Bost of these
studies focused on standard talk therapy. Aven though these traditional
forms of therapy have their uses, until now, the importance of
treating the deep connections between the body and mind has been
largely ignored. This study tries to Ill this gap and promote the study
of body-oriented treatment as a powerful alternative or complementary
way to help women who have been sexually abused heal from
the trauma.'ody-oriented therapy is based on the idea that physical
feelings and mental experiences are linked in a way that canGt be separated.
Lractitioners of this type of therapy try to help their clients heal
by making them more aware of their bodies. They do this by having
a deep knowledge of how everything is linked. This process often
includes a wide range of bodywork methods, from somatic experiencing
to gentle touch therapies, all of which are carefully designed
to help people reconnect with their bodies and, by extension, their
mental environments.2ne of the most important parts of body-oriented
treatment is going back and looking at old traumas and feelings
that were pushed down.
