Research

My work as a clinician is informed by clinical research that I have done in the areas of trauma and recovery, and yoga as a healing modality. Overall, this work has deeply influenced my understanding of the impact of trauma and stressful experiences on individuals’ brains, bodies, and psyches, and the personal, social, and environmental factors that support healing.  I was recently interviewed by Shape Magazine, which you can read here. 

Select Publications

Rhodes, A.M. (2019) Yoga for complex trauma survivors. In L. Stoller, Sensory Enhanced Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma-Healing (pp. 101-112). Handspring Publishing.

Rhodes, A.M., Spinazzola, J., & van der Kolk, B.A. (2016).  Yoga for adult women with chronic PTSD: A long-term follow-up study. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 22 (3), 189-96.

Rhodes, A.M. (2015).  Claiming peaceful embodiment through yoga in the aftermath of trauma. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 21, 247-256.

Willis, D. W., Rhodes, A.M., Dionne-Odom, J. N., Lee, K., & Terreri, P. (2014). A hermeneutic phenomenological understanding of men's healing from childhood maltreatment.  Journal of Holistic Nursing, 33(1), 46-57.

 Rhodes, A.M. & Schechter, R. (2014).  Fostering resilience among youth in inner city community arts centers: The case of the Artists Collective.  Journal of Education and Urban Society, 46 (7), 826-848.

van der Kolk, B. A., Stone, L., West, J., Rhodes, A.M., Emerson, D., Suvak, M., & Spinazzola, J. (2014). Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial.   Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 5 (6), e559-565.

Easton, S. D., Coohey, C., Rhodes, A.M., & Moorthy, M. V.  (2013). Posttraumatic growth among men with histories of child sexual abuse.  Child Maltreatment, 18 (4), 211-220.

Rhodes, A.M. & Tran, T. V. (2012).  Predictors of posttraumatic stress and growth among black and white survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Does perceived quality of the governmental response matter?  Journal of Race and Social Problems, 4 (3), 144-157.   

Spinazzola, J., Rhodes, A.M., Emerson, D., Earle, E., & Monroe, K. (2011). Application of yoga in residential treatment of traumatized youth.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Special Issue: Traumatic stress, the body, and health: Building the case for integrated interventions, 17 (6), 431-444. 

Rhodes, A.M. (2006). Dance in interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Journal of Dance Education, 6 (2), 48-56.