TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Self-defense training as clinical intervention for survivors of trauma
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Rosenblum, Gianine D.
A1  - Taska, Lynn S.
SP  - 293
EP  - 308
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801214526048
ID  - ref1
ER  -