481: Trauma Sensitive Yoga In Therapy - With David Emerson
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 728 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode of Therapy Chat features the creator of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), David Emerson.
In this replay episode which originally aired in 2017, you'll hear David explaining how trauma-sensitive yoga can be brought into psychotherapy. He discusses some of the benefits of trauma-sensitive yoga on mental health and talks about his book, Trauma Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body Into Treatment. I also highly recommend his other book, Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body. I really appreciate how the authors explain why yoga is beneficial in healing trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | Therapy Notes is the highest rated EHR, practice management, and billing software for mental health |
| 0:05.1 | professionals. It's all-in-one platform is designed to streamline all aspects of your practice, |
| 0:10.2 | from connecting with clients via secure messages to scheduling, notes, billing, and more. |
| 0:15.0 | You can trust Therapy Notes has you covered. And one of the best parts? 24-7 customer service |
| 0:20.3 | with a live person. It's beyond easy to get help |
| 0:23.1 | over the phone or by email at any time of day from their knowledgeable and friendly representatives. |
| 0:27.9 | The best time to give Therapy Notes a try is now. Sign up for your free trial by going to |
| 0:32.2 | TherapyNotes.com, clicking Start My Free Trial, and accessing your first two months free with the promo code chat. |
| 0:38.6 | CY Therapy Notes is the most trusted E.HR for behavioral health professionals today. |
| 0:43.4 | Therapy Chat Podcast episode 481. |
| 0:47.7 | This is the Therapy Chat podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 0:54.5 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed |
| 0:59.4 | mental health professional. |
| 1:01.7 | And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 1:07.4 | Thank you. WC. |
| 1:25.4 | Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm your host, Laura Reagan. |
| 1:48.0 | And this week I'm bringing you a replay of an episode from back in 2017, eight years ago, when I talked with David Emerson, who created trauma center trauma sensitive yoga. In our conversation, you will hear us talking about the research related to the benefits of trauma for, of yoga for healing trauma, as well as how therapists can implement trauma-sensitive |
| 1:56.0 | yoga into their practices. His book, Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Therapy, Bringing the Body into |
| 2:02.6 | Treatment outlines why and how therapists can bring yoga into therapy practice and teaches the |
| 2:13.3 | asanas and the when you would use them and why. So it's a wonderful resource. And David |
| 2:20.1 | Emerson's other book, Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga, Reclaiming Your Body, written with Elizabeth |
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