The Efficacy of a Psychosomatic Intervention

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Trauma, Psychological

Type D Personality

Treatments

Procedure: Psychosensory Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03568591

LMT1131992C

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines the efficacy of a psychosensory intervention in relation to: Resilience, Type D personality, and physiological effects (on blood pressure, heart rate and salivary cortisol) in a group of people who have self-referred for the trauma resolution psychosensory therapy - Havening Techniques (HT).

Full description

This study utilizes a single blind (researcher blind) comparison of the psychosensory therapy Havening Techniques (treatment) versus waiting list (no treatment). Participants will be assessed using resilience testing (CD-RISC), and Type D measure of personality (DS14). A subgroup of the treatment arm will be assessed for the biomarkers of blood pressure, heart rate and cortisol. This parallel-group controlled trial will examine the efficacy of Havening Techniques at 3 timepoints; baseline (Time point 1), twenty-four hours post (Time point 2) and one month later (Time point 3).

Enrollment

125 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Able to provide informed consent.
Cognisant adults living in the United Kingdom.
Will have self-referred for Havening Techniques trauma therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Receiving any other therapeutic or pharmaceutical intervention in parallel.
For the psychobiological evaluation subgroup: a history of HIV, Tuberculosis or Hepatitis B due to laboratory regulations.