TY - JOUR A1 - Baumann, Nicola A1 - Kuhfuß, Marie A1 - Maldei, Tobias A1 - Hetmanek, Andreas T1 - Somatic experiencing – effectiveness andkey factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: a scoping literature review T2 - European Journal of Psychotraumatology N2 - Background: The body-oriented therapeutic approach Somatic Experiencing® (SE) treats posttraumatic symptoms by changing the interoceptive and proprioceptive sensations associated with the traumatic experience. Filling a gap in the landscape of trauma treatments, SE has attracted growing interest in research and therapeutic practice, recently. Objective: To date, there is no literature review of the effectiveness and key factors of SE. This review aims to summarize initial findings on the effectiveness of SE and to outline methodspecific key factors of SE. Method: To gain a first overview of the literature, we conducted a scoping review including studies until 13 August 2020. We identified 83 articles of which 16 fit inclusion criteria and were systematically analysed. Results: Findings provide preliminary evidence for positive effects of SE on PTSD-related symptoms. Moreover, initial evidence suggests that SE has a positive impact on affective and somatic symptoms and measures of well-being in both traumatized and non-traumatized samples. Practitioners and clients identified resource-orientation and use of touch as methodspecific key factors of SE. Yet, an overall studies quality assessment as well as a Cochrane analysis of risk of bias indicate that the overall study quality is mixed. Conclusions: The results concerning effectiveness and method-specific key factors of SE are promising; yet, require more support from unbiased RCT-research. Future research should focus on filling this gap. KW - Somatic experiencing KW - bottom-up-therapy KW - trauma therapy KW - posttraumatic stress disorder KW - PTSD KW - Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom KW - Körpertherapie KW - Psychisches Trauma KW - Literatur Y1 - 2021 UR - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1823 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-18238 VL - 2021 IS - Band 12, Heft 1 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER -