NCT03568591

The Efficacy of a Psychosomatic Intervention

A Parallel-Group Controlled Trial Examining the Efficacy of a Psychosomatic Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 125 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardiff Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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).

Detailed 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).

Conditions

• Type D Personality
• Trauma, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Psychosensory Therapy	Havening Techniques are a psychosensory therapy that incorporate the application of sensory input to alter neurochemical responses influencing thought, emotion and behaviour (Ruden, 2011).

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-11
• Primary completion: 2016-10-31
• Completion: 2016-11-01
• First posted: 2018-06-26
• Last updated: 2018-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom