Authentic Movement as a Training Modality for Private Practice Clinicians
AbstractSelf/other differentiation and the ability to work symbolically with clients are considered desirable therapeutic skills for psychotherapists whose theoretical orientations are in the areas of psychodynamic, object relations, analytical psychology, or psychoanalysis. Although supervision and individual psychoanalysis have been recommended to enhance these skills, this study introduces authentic movement as an additional training modality. The grounded theory approach developed by Glaser and Strauss (The discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research, Aldine De Gruyte, New York,1967) was used to d...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - November 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Embodying Activism: Reconciling Injustice Through Dance/Movement Therapy
AbstractDance/movement therapy (DMT) is a pathway to address oppression in the therapeutic context. The consideration of the body, and its relationship to power and privilege, is crucial as we strive to integrate a social justice lens into the field of DMT. Through an exploration of the literature, including activism, traumatology, and embodiment, we provide a definition of social justice within the field of dance/movement therapy. Trauma is experienced in the body, and oppression is a form of trauma. Social justice DMT is the inclusion of the body in how counselors conceptualize and confront oppression in the therapeutic ...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - November 8, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Moving to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Dance/Movement Therapy as Primary Prevention
AbstractChild sexual abuse (CSA) has adverse effects on both the child and the community. While many therapists know of these effects through working with survivors, therapy can and should also be used as a primary prevention tool. Looking at the evolution of CSA prevention efforts, one can see that the field has begun to recognize the importance of community involvement as well as experiential learning. Dance/movement therapy (DMT) may provide the next horizon for addressing these aspects of prevention by building both individual and community resilience through movement and the body. This paper proposes a DMT CSA prevent...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - September 26, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Transcendence Via Active Imagination: Ritual, Culture and Choreographic Offerings
AbstractThis paper concentrates on the presentation of a California Bay Area Jungian focused study group for the 50 Anniversary of the American Dance Therapy Association Annual Conference. Examining the evolution of Jung ’s basic psychoanalytic perceptions over the years, this panel of presenters offered an in-depth study of related topics via lecture in the morning and its amplification via authentic movement in the service of dance/movement therapy in the afternoon. The latter included embodying and transforming remnants of participants’ morning reflections, channeled via authentic movement (AM). Panelist took turns ...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - September 19, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Encountering Disenfranchised Grief: An Investigation of the Clinical Lived Experiences in Dance/Movement Therapy
This study employed a transcendental phenomenological methodology to understand how clients ’ lived experiences of disenfranchised grief are present within the clinical therapeutic relationship in dance/movement therapy. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews from four dance/movement therapists who have worked with clients experiencing disenfranchised grief. Mo ustakas’ adaptation of the Stevick–Colaizzi–Keen method of data analysis was used concurrently with data collection. Data analysis resulted in four textural themes: (a) Disenfranchised grief can be described as disconnecting, overw...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 9, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapists ’ Attitudes and Actions Regarding LGBTQI and Gender Nonconforming Communities
This study examined dance/movement therapists ’ attitudes and actions regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQI), and gender nonconforming communities (GNC). Building on similar studies conducted by music therapists and drama therapists, 42 survey questions were used to understand dance/movement therapists’ know ledge, preparedness, and how competent practice is being defined and enacted. The findings were analyzed based on 361 responses (26% response rate). Respondents were primarily professionals from the US (88%) who identified as female or cisgender female (91%) with a master’s degree...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 7, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Embodied Nonverbal Microaggressions from the Perspective of Dance/Movement Therapists: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
AbstractThis interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study explored dance/movement therapist ’s embodied experiences of nonverbal microaggressions and how they experience nonverbal microaggressions in the clinical relationship. Data were collected via hour-long, video recorded, in-person interviews of four (N = 4) current practicing dance/movement therapists in the Chicago area. Data analysis was conducted using IPA of verbal and movement data where five key themes emerged (a) personal offense, (b) anger, and (c) curiosity towards experiences of nonverbal microaggressions; and microaggressions have the potenti...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 7, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dance/Movement Therapists ’ Attitudes and Actions Regarding LGBTQI and Gender Nonconforming Communities
This study examined dance/movement therapists ’ attitudes and actions regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQI), and gender nonconforming communities (GNC). Building on similar studies conducted by music therapists and drama therapists, 42 survey questions were used to understand dance/movement therapists’ know ledge, preparedness, and how competent practice is being defined and enacted. The findings were analyzed based on 361 responses (26% response rate). Respondents were primarily professionals from the US (88%) who identified as female or cisgender female (91%) with a master’s degree...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 7, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Embodied Nonverbal Microaggressions from the Perspective of Dance/Movement Therapists: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
AbstractThis interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study explored dance/movement therapist ’s embodied experiences of nonverbal microaggressions and how they experience nonverbal microaggressions in the clinical relationship. Data were collected via hour-long, video recorded, in-person interviews of four (N = 4) current practicing dance/movement therapists in the Chicago area. Data analysis was conducted using IPA of verbal and movement data where five key themes emerged (a) personal offense, (b) anger, and (c) curiosity towards experiences of nonverbal microaggressions; and microaggressions have the potenti...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 7, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Participatory Transaction in Dance/Movement Therapy
This article has two purposes: (a) to describe the intersections among dance/movement therapy, transpersonal participatory theory, and experiential education; and (b) to discuss the practice insights that arose from the creation of a conference workshop in relation to this theoretical integration. The author presented a workshop in Prague, Czech Republic, at the International Transpersonal Conference (ITC) in September 2017. This workshop involved an exploration of the transformational aspects of movement, intersubjectivity, and cocreated meaning elicited in dance/movement therapy, and the formation and performance of grou...
Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - August 6, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Editors ’ Note
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Source: American Journal of Dance Therapy - June 13, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
