Embodiment-Based Psychotherapy: Applications for Adverse Outcomes of Child Sexualized Assault
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Authors
Konrad, Shay
Issue Date
2025-05-21
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
childhood sexualized assault (CSA) , attachment trauma , sense of relational entitlement , revictimization , bottom-up approach
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This capstone project explores the long-term neurobiological and relational impact of childhood sexualized assault (CSA) and outlines how embodiment-based therapies can support adult survivors. The purpose is to highlight that effectively addressing the impacts of trauma requires including the body in the healing processes. The key adverse outcomes identified were attachment trauma, a restricted or inflated sense of relational entitlement, revictimization, complex posttraumatic stress (CPTSD), borderline personality features, fragmentation, and substance use. This paper examines the clinical applications of embodiment-based interventions to address the outcomes of CSA, including Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Trauma-informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST). These modalities can offer a non-pathologizing way to somatically address the long-term neurobiological impact of CSA.
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