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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Trauma Recovery

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  • Contemplative practices (CP) offer insights and awareness, potentially reducing trauma symptoms in youth and adults.
  • These practices include mindfulness, yoga, tai chi, qigong, and meditation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the literature on the effects of contemplative practices on trauma recovery and PTSD symptoms.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of various CP approaches in adult and youth populations.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative literature review of studies published between January 2018 and August 2023.
  • Searches conducted on Scopus and PubMed, yielding 42 eligible studies from 281 articles.

Main Results:

  • Mindfulness-based interventions were the most studied CP for trauma recovery.
  • CP effectively reduced trauma dimensions like reactivity, intrusion, and hyperarousal.
  • Mixed results were observed for avoidance symptoms and physiological markers.

Conclusions:

  • Combining CP with trauma-focused psychotherapy can enhance safety, emotional expression, and awareness.
  • These integrated approaches support self-healing, basic trust, and improved metacognitive processes in trauma survivors.