“…Focusing on efficacy as determined by reduction in symptoms, cumulative findings from a series of studies suggest that these trauma-focused treatments may accelerate recovery for survivors of sexual violence experiencing PTSD (Chen et al, 2015;Regehr, Alaggia, Dennis, Pitts, & Saini, 2013;Vickerman & Margolin, 2009). By contrast, a recent review of early post-traumatic interventions reveals modest and inconsistent effects for CBT (Guay, Beaulieu-Prévost, Sader, & Marchand, 2019), which may not resolve the physiological aspects of trauma (Holtzhausen, Ross, & Perry, 2016). In keeping with important developments in the field, the current findings indicate that working with embodied trauma is an integral aspect of the recovery process for childhood abuse survivors (van der Kolk, 2015;…”