Specific dance movement therapy interventions—Which are successful? An intervention and correlation study

Bräuninger, Iris

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.08.002

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“…As de Sousa and Shapiro (2018) concluded, "It is the coming together with each other, but also with ourselves, that mindful movement offers, an opportunity to merge our inner and outer worldsnurture the container and its contentsto achieve the integration that underlies an authentic and fulfilling life" (p. 126). Other mediating mechanisms for the observed effects on compassion and well-being are likely to be stress reduction and relaxation (Amutio et al 2018;Bräuninger 2014), although this mechanism was not assessed in the current study.…”

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“…Some applications of dance to mindfulness include Dancing Mindfulness (Marich and Howell 2015) and Dancing Movement Therapy (DMT; Bräuninger 2014). Mindful dancing is understood to not only enhance awareness of what is happening to and within the individual's body, but also enhance awareness of energetic exchange between bodies within the same space as well as nonverbal forms of communication such as group synchronization (Bräuninger 2014;Marich and Howell 2015). Indeed, the use of music and dance for bonding in groups larger than nuclear families is understood to have been a significant discovery made by our remote ancestors (Woolhouse et al 2010).…”

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The Mediating Role of Shared Flow and Perceived Emotional Synchrony on Compassion for Others in a Mindful-Dancing Program

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Objectives While there is a growing understanding of the relationship between mindfulness and compassion, this largely relates to the form of mindfulness employed in first-generation mindfulness-based interventions such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Consequently, there is limited knowledge of the relationship between mindfulness and compassion in respect of the type of mindfulness employed in second-generation mindfulness-based interventions (SG-MBIs), including those that employ the principle of working harmoniously as a "secular sangha." Understanding this relationship is important because research indicates that perceived emotional synchrony (PES) and shared flow-that often arise during participation in harmonized group contemplative activities-can enhance outcomes relating to compassion, subjective well-being, and group identity fusion. This pilot study analyzed the effects of participation in a mindful-dancing SG-MBI on compassion and investigated the mediating role of shared flow and PES. Methods A total of 130 participants were enrolled into the study that followed a quasi-experimental design with an intervention and control group. Results Results confirmed the salutary effect of participating in a collective mindful-dancing program, and demonstrated that shared flow and PES fully meditated the effects of collective mindfulness on the kindness and common humanity dimensions of compassion. Conclusions Further research is warranted to explore whether collective mindfulness approaches, such as mindful dancing, may be a means of enhancing compassion and subjective well-being outcomes due to the mediating role of PES and shared flow.

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“…DMT evolved from the sensitive, mover-centred perspective in dance; moreover, dance-based techniques have proven therapeutically effective, and bodymind techniques as well (Bräuninger, 2014).…”

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Widening our lens: The implications of resilience for the professional identity and practice of dance movement therapists

Wengrower¹

2015

Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

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“…Anxiety around active participation was apparent, specifically within DMP and more generally around 'taking a leap into the unknown' (although staff did not comment on these restrictions in relation to themselves). The psychodynamic roots of DMP encourage responding nonjudgementally to one's movement impulses in order to reveal and process unconscious material, therefore an element of unpredictability tends to be an inherently active feature of the work (Bräuninger, 2014). Pupil-clients' expectations exaggerated this 'leap', apprehensive that physical/creative tasks would exceed their resources and appear 'silly': C1 "…teenagers who weren't so open-minded or creative-minded, they would just be like, 'what is this?…”

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‘Putting themselves out there’ into the unknown: Dance movement psychotherapy as perceived by five educators and three pupils

Parsons

Dubrow‐Marshall

2018

Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

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The introduction of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) to a mainstream secondary school in the United Kingdom was explored from the perspectives of some educators (n = 5) and pupil-clients (n = 3) to discover perceptions of, and influences on the process of establishing a DMP practice to support pupils within this setting. Semi-structured interviews were analysed using constructivist grounded theory by an ethnographically situated therapist-researcher. Two polarities of themes emerged: constraints, normative inhibitions and expectations, versus empowerment, novel perceptions and awareness. These polarities were evident at two levels of process: school structures and community mind-set and individual engagement with DMP. The results highlight inherent dynamics in positioning of therapeutic provision within a school environment, amplified in unconventional, creative and embodied forms of intervention. An awareness of the tension between these opposites may be useful for dance movement psychotherapists in setting themselves within mainstream education.

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Specific dance movement therapy interventions—Which are successful? An intervention and correlation study

Cited by 52 publications

References 58 publications

The Mediating Role of Shared Flow and Perceived Emotional Synchrony on Compassion for Others in a Mindful-Dancing Program

The Mediating Role of Shared Flow and Perceived Emotional Synchrony on Compassion for Others in a Mindful-Dancing Program

Widening our lens: The implications of resilience for the professional identity and practice of dance movement therapists

‘Putting themselves out there’ into the unknown: Dance movement psychotherapy as perceived by five educators and three pupils

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