Dance/Movement Therapy and Developments in Empirical Research: The First 50 Years
AbstractOne of a collection of six scholarly essays solicited by this journal to celebrate the first half-century of the American Dance Therapy Association, this paper describes the centrality of research to the profession since its inception. Using the works of Marian Chace, early conference proceedings, and some brief history about the development of psychotherapy and evidence-based practice as illustrations, this essay presents the historical affiliation between dance/movement therapy and research. The prescience of basic assumptions about dance/movement therapy conceptualized in the early days of the profession, which ...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapy Careers amid Changing Systems: The First 50 Years
AbstractOne of a collection of six scholarly essays solicited by this journal to celebrate the first half-century of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA), this paper affords a brief historical overview of how both mental health systems changes in the United States and adaptive strategies undertaken by U.S. dance/movement therapists and the ADTA have affected the dance/movement therapy (DMT) profession during this period. Promoting DMT professionalism, identity, and opportunities continue to be challenges. Expanding the populations and settings served by dance/movement therapists has been the most effectively durab...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapy and the Arts in Healthcare: The First 50 Years
(Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy)
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapy, Women ’s Rights, and Feminism: The First 50 Years
AbstractOne of a collection of six scholarly essays solicited by this journal to celebrate the first half-century of the American Dance Therapy Association, this paper examines the roots of dance/movement therapy through the cultural lens of the women’s rights and feminist movements over the last 50 years. Despite DMT’s disruption of the patriarchal bias in counseling, and despite having displayed a richness of cultural discourse over the years, a his torical analysis of publications in the field reveals a paucity of discourse around feminism and women’s rights, as well as lack of intersectionality. Much as the wo...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The ADTA ’s First Half-Century: Ma(r)king History with an Eye to the Horizon
AbstractThe author, as co-editor of theAmerican Journal of Dance Therapy, introduces six essays by a small group of experts, invited to share reflections on the social, political, economic, scientific, and cultural context for the development of the profession of dance/movement therapy (DMT) over the first half century of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA). Through allusions to pivotal events in the United States circa 1966, this introductory editorial characterizes the U.S. zeitgeist around the year of the ADTA ’s founding. Specific references are made to the signing of the Voting Rights Act, the establishmen...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Celebrating the ADTA ’s Golden Anniversary: Negotiating with Yesterday in Building Tomorrow
(Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy)
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 6, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Embodied Prot égés: Second-Generation Dance/Movement Therapists on Mentorships with the Founders
AbstractEight dance/movement therapists who had been mentored by leading innovators in the field of dance/movement therapy (DMT) in the United States —including Marian Chace, Liljan Espenak, Blanche Evan, Alma Hawkins, Trudi Schoop, and Mary Whitehouse—reflect on that experience and the process of embodiment inherent in it. In discussing aspects of their mentorships, the second-generation dance/movement therapists, or “embodied protégés,” share the legacy of those early DMT first-generation founders, and disclose how they utilized (and in many cases transformed) their mentors’ theories in their own careers as p...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 3, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
In Their Own Words: Reflections from 50 Years of ADTA Presidents
AbstractThe year 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA). What can be learned from the lives of the women who led the association from its origins to the present? Drawing from personal recollections of the association ’s past presidents, this article traces the history of the ADTA, the development of the profession, and the unique personal journeys and contributions of the women who served as president. Each living president was invited to reflect on her roots as a dance/movement therapist, her preparation for the presidency, and the trajectory of her time in office. In addition, pos...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - October 3, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Creating the Online Body: Educating Dance/Movement Therapists Using a Hybrid Low-Residency Model
This article describes the inception and implementation at Lesley University of a dance/movement therapy (DMT) hybrid low-residency program, which is defined as a combination of face-to-face and distance learning. Dance/movement therapy faculty members share their experiences designing the new hybrid low-residency model, and characterize the process of learning how to optimize course design and curriculum. Examples are provided through description of several core DMT classes: (a) DMT Theories and Practice; (b) Clinical Skills and Applications; (c) Supervision (d) Body/Movement Observation and Assessment. The authors detail...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - September 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
East Asian Students ’ Experiences of Learning Dance/Movement Therapy in the US: A Phenomenological Investigation
AbstractThis phenomenological study aims to explore the lived learning experiences of international East Asian dance/movement therapy (DMT) students who completed their DMT training in the United States (U.S.) and then returned to their home countries. The researcher sought to explore how participants experienced their Western DMT education. Six participants were recruited from four East Asian countries: Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, and participated in individual interviews. The NVivo10 software program was used as a tool to ensure efficient organization. Peer debriefing and member checking were used in different p...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - September 7, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Reading and Understanding Qualitative Research
This article aims to offer skills to clinicians with a specific focus on how to read and interpret research that uses qualitative methods. To that end, parallels between research and practice are suggested to help align the reader with the values of qualitative research and how it can be used to enrich clinical practice. We present an overview of the types of qualitative research and necessary components to expect in a clearly written qualitative study. Detailed criteria for use in discerning integrity and validation strategies to use to examine credibility in a qualitative research study are presented and discussed. Brief...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 28, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The Mind –Body Connection in Dance/Movement Therapy: Theory and Empirical Support
This article distills a sub-section of existing DMT theory into a set of grounded descriptive statements, and summarizes existing empirical data from cognitive and behavioral neurosciences that substantiate the statements. A modified grounded theory method was used. Implications for future research direction are discussed. (Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy)
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 25, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapy and Sensory Stimulation: A Holistic Approach to Dementia Care
This article affirms that sensory stimulation in DMT is a holistic, economical, and fruitful approach for dementia care. (Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy)
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 9, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The Moving Cycle: A Second Generation Dance/Movement Therapy Form
This article introduces the history as well as the theory and practice of this second generation form of DMT, and compares it to traditional forms of DMT. The article also centralizes the Moving Cycle’s valuing of precise movement sequencing, movement continuums, social justice, and the mapping of biological processes onto psychological states. (Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy)
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - July 10, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Judith S. Kestenberg ’s Dance/Movement Therapy Legacy: Approaches with Pregnancy, Young Children, and Caregivers
This article will present several dance/movement therapy (DMT) applications of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP), designed by Judith Kestenberg and colleagues. Starting with pregnancy and the Prenatal Project, and following children through age six with their caregivers, the article describes the author ’s early DMT work at Judith Kestenberg’s Center for Parents and Children, and continues to the present. Kestenberg’s developmental phases from birth through age six are presented, along with issues concerning children and caregivers; also covered are examples of practical interventions. The KM P is used as a sprin...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - June 13, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
