Dance/movement therapy with abused children

Goodill, Sharon W.

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“…Goodill (2005) gives an overview of DMT in the medical environment including working with patients with conditions such as heart disease, chronic pain and HIV/AIDS. It has been applied with 'medically ill children' as illustrated by Goodill and Morningstar (1993) and by Mendelsohn (1999).…”

Section: Dance Movement Therapy/psychotherapymentioning

confidence: 98%

The BodyMind Approach (BMA) to psychotherapeutic groupwork with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS): A review of the literature, description of approach and methodology for a pilot study

Payne

2009

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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This paper presents a literature review of research into interventions with people with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). The review forms the basis for the research questions, provides a rationale for an innovative approach (The BodyMind Approach/BMA) to intervention for patients with anxiety/depression with MUS and justification for the most suitable methodology for the pilot study. An overview of the problem is provided as backdrop to the rationale. Patients with MUS make up a substantial percentage of all primary care (PC) consultations, are notoriously difficult to treat and make huge demands on resources. A pilot study took place in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK between 2004 and 2007 receiving full NHS ethical approval for delivery in PC. Following on from the systematic search of the literature the argument for, and description of, the BMA (based on the discipline Authentic Movement from within the field of Dance Movement Psychotherapy) to group psychotherapy is presented. The intervention emphasises learning in a verbal and non-verbal-integrated approach, encouraging an awareness of the interrelationship between body, self and mind. It uses meditative, mindful movement deriving from natural body gestures and posture, relaxation, massage promoting movement metaphor to change beliefs and to understand the meaning of the symptoms within a self-managing framework. The symptom is seen as a metaphor for connections between body, self and mind. It is founded on the principle that bodily experience can be an avenue for meaning-making in personal development leading to increased wellbeing; better coping strategies; changes in perception of the body-felt sense and improved lifestyle choices and behaviours. The research sought to answer a number of questions concerning the intervention such as benefits, process and outcomes from the perspective of participants and the facilitator. The methodology selected was mixed, using both qualitative (analysis of pre, post and follow-up interviews with participants and facilitator's process recordings); and quantitative whereby standardised outcome measures were completed by patients pre/during/post intervention and at follow-up. Medication, secondary referral and GP visits were also *Cet article propose une revue des recherches faites dans le cadre d'interventions avec des patients atteints de symptoˆmes me´dicalement inexplique´s (MUS). Cette revue constitue a`la fois la base des questions orientant la recherche, fournit une raison pour l'adoption d'une approche innovante (l'approche corps-esprit, BMA) avec des patients anxieux/ de´prime´s atteints de MUS ainsi qu'une justification quant a`la me´thodo-logie la plus adapte´e pour conduire l'e´tude-pilote. La pre´sentation ge´ne´rale du proble`me est propose´e comme toile de fond pour la justification de la recherche. Les patients souffrant de MUS constituent un pourcentage substantiel des centres de consultations me´dicales (PC). Ils sont difficiles at raiter et mobilisent des ressources importantes. Une e´tu...

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Section: Dance Movement Therapy/psychotherapymentioning

confidence: 98%

The BodyMind Approach (BMA) to psychotherapeutic groupwork with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS): A review of the literature, description of approach and methodology for a pilot study

Payne

2009

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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“…It is frequently used with rape victims and survivors of sexual abuse and incest'' (Boughton, 2008). Dance/ movement therapy with survivors of abuse has been investigated by a number of researchers all of whom have underlined its beneficial functions (Ambra, 1995;Goodill, 1987;Harvey, 1995;Levy, 1992;Meekums, 1991;Mills & Daniluk, 2002;Truppi, 2001;Valentine, 2007;Weltman, 1986;Wheeler, 1987). In addition, numerous master's theses have treated the subject and reported health improvements through dance/movement therapy (ADTA, 2008).…”

Section: Treatment Issues and Goals: Working Toward Health And Authenmentioning

confidence: 97%

Dance/Movement Therapy with Clergy in Crisis: A (Group) Case Study

Koch

2008

Am J Dance Ther

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The article describes dance/movement therapy with Roman Catholic clergy in a therapeutic facility associated with a monastery in Germany. The facility offers nuns, monks, and priests in need of rest the possibility to recollect, recuperate, and reorient in a three-month spiritual and therapeutic program. Dance/movement therapy was offered as one therapeutic modality integrated into a broader concept of psychotherapeutic and bodywork. The article describes a weekend intensive with a group of eighteen participants. A single case of an abused nun is elaborated in the context of the description of the bodywork with the entire group.

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“…Although a literature review has been conducted, no qualitative or quantitative studies with a large sample size could be found. Nevertheless, a number of experienced therapists and scholars have proposed treatment models and theoretical frameworks for using DMT or creative arts therapy for sexual abuse survivors based on both theory and clinical experience (Goodill, 1987;Meekums, 1999;Pierce, 2014;Valentine, 2007). These practitioners and scholars acknowledge the special contributions of dance therapy during the creative process to self-awareness, a sense of security, the ability to access unconscious and embodied materials, the rebuilding of intra-and inter-personal relationships, and the re-integration of mind and body.…”

Section: Dance/movement Therapy With Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

A place and space to survive: A dance/movement therapy program for childhood sexual abuse survivors

2015

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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Dance/movement therapy with abused children

Cited by 32 publications

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The BodyMind Approach (BMA) to psychotherapeutic groupwork with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS): A review of the literature, description of approach and methodology for a pilot study

The BodyMind Approach (BMA) to psychotherapeutic groupwork with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS): A review of the literature, description of approach and methodology for a pilot study

Dance/Movement Therapy with Clergy in Crisis: A (Group) Case Study

A place and space to survive: A dance/movement therapy program for childhood sexual abuse survivors

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