Creativity and dissociation. Dance/movement therapy interventions for the treatment of compartmentalized dissociation

Jorba-Galdos, Laia

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.09.003

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“…Towards this end, Dieterich‐Hartwell (2017) presented a DMT application model based on the assumption that an improvement in interoception is central to psychological well‐being. Specifically, in the area of dissociation and trauma, Dieterich‐Hartwell advocates for the importance of a bottom‐up approach where the individual is reached/treated through their somatic symptoms, with patients being encouraged to pay attention to their bodies and sensations (see also Pierce, 2014; Jorba‐Galdos, 2014). An attention to the body through interoception by tracking and identifying physical sensations, focusing on specific body parts, breath and muscle tension may allow for an increased awareness of the body.…”

Section: Cognitive and Brain Mechanisms Of Dmtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, central to the experience of emotion and affective states is, first, an internal awareness of the state of the body (Damasio & Carvalho, 2013). Damasio and Carvalho (2013) suggest that changes to the body will result in both automatic physiological responses and feelings, also described as 'mental experiences of body bottom-up approach where the individual is reached/treated through their somatic symptoms, with patients being encouraged to pay attention to their bodies and sensations (see also Pierce, 2014;Jorba-Galdos, 2014). An attention to the body through interoception by tracking and identifying physical sensations, focusing on specific body parts, breath and muscle tension may allow for an increased awareness of the body.…”

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Towards a neurocognitive approach to dance movement therapy for mental health: A systematic review

Millman

Terhune

Hunter

et al. 2020

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Dance movement therapy (DMT) has become an increasingly recognized and used treatment, though primarily used to target psychological and physical well‐being in individuals with physical, medical or neurological illnesses. To contribute to the relative lack of literature within the field of DMT for clinical mental health disorders, using a narrative synthesis, we review the scope of recent, controlled studies of DMT in samples with different psychiatric disorders including depression, schizophrenia, autism and somatoform disorder. A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, Science Direct, World of Science and Clinicaltrials.gov) was conducted to identify studies examining the effects of DMT in psychiatric populations. Fifteen studies were eligible for inclusion. After reviewing the principal results of the studies, we highlight strengths and weaknesses of this treatment approach and examine the potential efficacy of using bodily movements as a tool to reduce symptoms. We conclude by placing DMT within the context of contemporary cognitive neuroscience research, drawing out implications of such an orientation for future research and discussing potential mechanisms by which DMT might reduce psychiatric symptoms. DMT has clear potential as a treatment for a range of conditions and symptoms, and thus, further research on its utility is warranted.

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Towards a neurocognitive approach to dance movement therapy for mental health: A systematic review

Millman

Terhune

Hunter

et al. 2020

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…Agreement between the two reviewers regarding the inclusion and exclusion of articles was good with a Kappa value of 0.60, indicating that the observed agreement was 60% of the way between chance agreement and perfect agreement. Seventeen articles were excluded with the following reasons: two articles (Kluft et al, 1986;Baum, 1991) addressed multiple PD which does not meet the primary diagnostic criteria of PD anymore in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), fourteen articles (Ammon, 2003;Netz and Lidor, 2003;Karterud and Urnes, 2004;Mörtl and Von Wietersheim, 2008;Cruz, 2009;Van den Broek et al, 2011;Potik and Schreiber, 2013;Jorba-Galdos, 2014;Benjamin, 2015;Pylvänäinen et al, 2015;Cobbett, 2016;Bellemans et al, 2018;Samuelsson and Rosberg, 2018;Koch et al, 2019b) did not specifically address PD and/or DMT as the main intervention. One article was excluded (Havsteen-Franklin et al, 2019) as it appeared that the study used sources (Manford, 2014;Röhricht, 2015) that were already included in the results from this study.…”

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Dance Movement Therapy for Clients With a Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis

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Background: People with a personality disorder (PD) suffer from enduring inflexible patterns in cognitions and emotions, leading to significant subjective distress, affecting both self and interpersonal functioning. In clinical practice, Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is provided to clients with a PD, and although research continuously confirms the value of DMT for many populations, to date, there is very limited information available on DMT and PD. For this study, a systematic literature review on DMT and PD was conducted to identify the content of the described DMT interventions and the main treatment themes to focus upon in DMT for PD.Methods: A systematic search was conducted across the following databases: EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed, WEB OF SCIENCE, PsycINFO/OVID, and SCOPUS following the PRISMA guidelines. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme for qualitative studies was used to rank the quality of the articles. The Oxford Center for Evidence-based Medicine standards were applied to determine the hierarchical level of best evidence. Quantitative content analysis was used to identify the intervention components: intended therapeutic goals, therapeutic activities leading to these goals, and suggested therapeutic effects following from these activities. A thematic synthesis approach was applied to analyze and formulate overarching themes.Results: Among 421 extracted articles, four expert opinions met the inclusion criteria. Six overarching themes were found for DMT interventions for PD: self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, integration of self, processing experiences, cognition, and expression and symbolization in movement/dance. No systematic descriptions of DMT interventions for PD were identified. A full series of intervention components could be synthesized for the themes of self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, and cognition. The use of body-oriented approaches and cognitive strategies was in favor of dance-informed approaches.Conclusions: Dance movement therapists working with PD clients focus in their interventions on body-related experiences, non-verbal interpersonal relationships, and to a lesser extent, cognitive functioning. A methodological line for all intervention components was synthesized for the themes of self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, and cognition, of importance for developing systematic intervention descriptions. Future research could focus on practitioners' expertise in applying DMT interventions for PD to develop systematic intervention descriptions and explore the suitability of the identified themes for clinical application. Clients' experiences could offer essential insights on how DMT interventions could address PD pathology and specific PD categories.

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“…Previous studies have explored the healing and recovery processes for survivors of CSA. In particular, studies in the area of dance movement therapy have provided strong evidence to support the idea that creative work (whether writing, drama, painting or dance) combined with conscious body movement are complementary elements serving to improve the wellbeing and post-traumatic growth for trauma survivors (Jorba-Galdos, 2014;Gray, 2001;Winters Fisher, 2019;Ho, 2015;Orkibi, Bar, and Eliakim, 2014;Mills and Daniluk, 2002;Panhofer & Payne, 2011). The idea that the body "feels, knows and remembers" (Panhofer, 2017, p.6) is explored in the program of LWH, first through creative writing prompts, then through the act of boxing as a tool of outward expression.…”

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confidence: 99%

Left / Write // Hook: A mixed method study of a writing and boxing workshop for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma

Lyon¹,

Owen²,

Osborne³

et al. 2020

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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This article investigates how the combination of writing therapy and embodied empowerment, explored through the physical sport of non-contact boxing, can facilitate the recovery journeys of women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and their move towards post-traumatic growth. It uses established quantitative psychological measurements and qualitative analytical approaches to examine the impact of an eight-week boxing and writing workshop for female survivors of CSA, called Left/Write//Hook (LWH), on participants' recovery journeys. The hypothesis was that the LWH workshops would contribute to participants' recovery and wellbeing. The article reports on the pilot study of the workshops as one aspect of an ongoing research project around LWH which uses concurrent, triangulation mixed methods design to gather and analyze qualitative audio-visual and creative-writing data produced by the women, alongside quantitative psychological assessment data. The findings of qualitative analyses of the participants' creative writing and the quantitative psychological assessments of the impact of the LWH workshops on participants' assertiveness, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, wellbeing, depression, anxiety and stress, along with preliminary findings of filmed material are presented and discussed in this article. The findings supported the hypothesis that the LWH workshops helped facilitate participants' recovery journeys and supported their wellbeing. This article offers preliminary support for the argument that the dual approach of written/verbal and embodied creativity can enhance the wellbeing of survivors of sexual abuse and trauma.

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Creativity and dissociation. Dance/movement therapy interventions for the treatment of compartmentalized dissociation

Cited by 11 publications

References 69 publications

Towards a neurocognitive approach to dance movement therapy for mental health: A systematic review

Towards a neurocognitive approach to dance movement therapy for mental health: A systematic review

Dance Movement Therapy for Clients With a Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis

Left / Write // Hook: A mixed method study of a writing and boxing workshop for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma

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