Borse, Kaja (2025) Tact in Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and Somatic Therapy for Trauma Care: A Scoping Review. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
As trauma-informed care gains traction within mental health treatment, it increasingly reflects the understanding that trauma may be stored not only in the mind but also in the body. In light of this, trauma-focused somatic interventions have gained attention for their emphasis on mutual attunement to the body and the therapist’s moment-to-moment responsiveness. Meaning, they provide alternatives to traditional talk therapy. Building on this context, the scoping review explores how Somatic Therapy and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) manuals represent the concept of tact, which is defined here as an embodied, ethical, and intuitive responsiveness to client needs. Although the term tact is not named directly, tactful actions are often woven into the offered guidance. By using inductive qualitative coding of one full TSY manual and two chapters on somatic therapy, the review constructs six relevant categories that reflect therapist tact: Creating Safety, Cultural & Client-Centered Adaptation, Empowerment, Relational Attunement & Communication, Somatic Engagement, and Therapist Self-Awareness. Even though all three manuals demonstrate aspects of tact, they vary in clarity with which it is articulated. Some provide explicit guidance, particularly the TSY manual, while others convey tact in a more subtle way, through examples and case narratives. These findings suggest that while tact appears to be a central element in trauma-informed, body-based care, it is not consistently defined or operationalized, which may diminish its clinical and ethical relevance. Considering that, this scoping review aims to highlight the need for greater articulation of tact in therapeutic guidance to support more attuned, relational, and trauma-sensitive care. Keywords: tact, trauma-informed care, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Somatic Therapy, therapeutic attunement, therapeutic responsiveness, body-based approach, scoping review
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Derksen, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2025 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2025 09:46 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4882 |
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