Date

4-26-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Stephany Pracht

Keywords

Trauma, Christian Meditation, Yoga, EMDR, Blood Pressure, Adlerian, PTSD

Disciplines

Counseling

Abstract

This multiple-baseline experimental design study examined the impact of trauma-informed Christian yoga (TICY) and Christian meditation (CM) on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its symptoms for adult trauma survivors at Lifepath Counseling, a private mental health treatment practice. The theories guiding this study were Adlerian and trauma theory, based on the idea that any trauma is defined as extremely upsetting emotional event that overwhelms the individual's internal resources, potentially leading to long-lasting psychological symptoms of PTSD in some cases. It was vital to explore efficacious and cost-effective treatment interventions to alleviate PTSD symptoms in this study. Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) and evidence-based treatments for trauma have come to be important for the symptom reduction and improvement of healthy living. The current study proposed to understand the impact of CAM interventions TICY and CM along with exposure therapy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in PTSD symptom reduction. Adult trauma survivors at Lifepath Counseling Practice with PTSD symptoms were administered four weeks of CAM treatments of TICY and CM, along with EMDR. The physical PTSD symptoms, as expressed through blood pressure and heart rate, were observed and documented in a Weekly Check-In sheet at the end of every week and for four consecutive weeks of CAM interventions. The data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics. A regular blood pressure monitor was used to measure the blood pressure and heart rate in participants.

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