@article{ref1,
title="Self-defense training as clinical intervention for survivors of trauma",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2014",
author="Rosenblum, Gianine D. and Taska, Lynn S.",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="293-308",
abstract="A well-designed self-defense curriculum, congruent with psychophysiologically informed trauma research and treatment, and integrated with input from therapists, can serve as an important adjunctive treatment. We provide a detailed description of such a program modified to be an experiential, psychoeducational intervention for female survivors of trauma. Recent research on the role of blocked motor responses in the development of pathology post-trauma is explored as a potential explanatory mechanism for the therapeutic benefits of self-defense training. Through specific examples and descriptions of teaching methods, we examine how this intervention compliments and augments traditional psychotherapeutic treatment of trauma sequelae.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801214526048",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801214526048"
}