Yoga as a Trauma-Informed Approach to Working with Clients
The practice of yoga has a long history of being used by practitioners for desired mental and physical benefits. The authors focused on the duality of this psychological and physical benefit when combining yoga with a traditional talk therapy group for individuals to process traumatic experiences....
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Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI)
2025-05-01
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The practice of yoga has a long history of being used by practitioners for desired mental and physical benefits. The authors focused on the duality of this psychological and physical benefit when combining yoga with a traditional talk therapy group for individuals to process traumatic experiences. Group curriculum, procedures, and rationale are provided and reviewed. Yoga practices were implemented in this format as a form of expressive arts therapy for clients. This article outlines a therapeutic tool combining principles of yoga and talk therapy based on past research. This is not intended to be an empirical article; however, the information contributes to the current body of literature on yoga as a form of expressive arts therapy for clients with trauma-related presenting issues. The authors share anecdotal evidence of a counselor’s use of yoga in combination with group talk therapy and its perceived effectiveness on participants.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d3444f8d3434498b9af4e316c48ef7e62025-08-20T02:58:39ZengIndonesian Counselor Association (IKI)COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education2548-348X2548-34982025-05-0110110.23916/00202501048710Yoga as a Trauma-Informed Approach to Working with ClientsAmanda Dossaji0Kristen N. Dickens1Kathryn Leachman2Lyndsay Deal3University of The CumberlandsGeorgia Southern UniversityThe Therapy CollectiveAuburn University The practice of yoga has a long history of being used by practitioners for desired mental and physical benefits. The authors focused on the duality of this psychological and physical benefit when combining yoga with a traditional talk therapy group for individuals to process traumatic experiences. Group curriculum, procedures, and rationale are provided and reviewed. Yoga practices were implemented in this format as a form of expressive arts therapy for clients. This article outlines a therapeutic tool combining principles of yoga and talk therapy based on past research. This is not intended to be an empirical article; however, the information contributes to the current body of literature on yoga as a form of expressive arts therapy for clients with trauma-related presenting issues. The authors share anecdotal evidence of a counselor’s use of yoga in combination with group talk therapy and its perceived effectiveness on participants. https://counsedu.iicet.org/index.php/counsedu/article/view/487 |
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