“…All of the reviewed studies employed valid and reliable assessments such as the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Levy Berg et al, 2009), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression Röhricht, et al, 2013), Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (Gordon, Staples, Blyta, Bytyqi, & Wilson, 2008), the PTSD checklist (Leitch et al, 2009), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (Röhricht et al, 2009;2011) and Symptom Checklist (Leitch et al, 2009;Levy Berg et al, 2009) as called for in APA standards, to measure symptom levels before and after treatment to determine any decrease with treatment (Church, 2013). Several of the studies outlined above have large effect-sizes, which indicates the effectiveness of body-oriented psychotherapy as treatment for certain psychosomatic and/or physiological disorders.…”