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Metal Finds from Godin Tepe, Iran: Production, Consumption, and Trade
No full textThis document is the Masters of Science thesis written by Lesley D. Frame about the metal finds from Godin Tepe. It contains her full analysis of select metal objects from the site.
This material is protected by Canada’s Copyright Act, and by similar laws in other countries. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this document please contact the author
Metal Finds from Godin Tepe, Iran: Production, Consumption, and Trade
No full textThis document is the Masters of Science thesis written by Lesley D. Frame about the metal finds from Godin Tepe. It contains her full analysis of select metal objects from the site.
This material is protected by Canada’s Copyright Act, and by similar laws in other countries. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this document please contact the author
Postpartum Depression: Healing through Archetypes and the Expressive Arts Therapies
No full textThis thesis is a literature review investigating treating postpartum depression through the expressive arts therapies and feminine archetypes. The expressive arts therapies explored for treatment are dance, music, art, and drama. Meditation, mindfulness, and writing are also included. The importance of expressive arts therapies in treating postpartum depression is of interest now because of the increasing number of mothers who experience postpartum depression who are looking for alternatives to treatment beyond, or complementing, traditional talk therapy and medication. A search for literature on treating postpartum depression with expressive arts therapies and archetypes was conducted on-line using the Lesley University database. This research provides resources for women who are seeking to overcome postpartum depression in increasingly creative ways. The author will be presenting recommendations for incorporating this creativity in the lives of mothers. Recommendations for incorporating expressive arts therapy interventions for treating postpartum depression will include examples of integrating feminine archetypes for healing
Dance/Movement Therapy as a Potential Supplementary Treatment for Vasovagal Syncope: A Literature Review
No full textDance movement therapy has been utilized as an evidenced-based modality in treating numerous medical diagnoses. Despite its established efficacy in diverse medical contexts, little research exists on its application for vasovagal syncope, a condition often intertwined with mental health challenges. Although vasovagal syncope is situated in the body and frequently comorbid with mental health struggles that impact physiological symptoms, treatment options remain solely in the medical model. This literature review seeks to address this lack of research and adequate treatment options by highlighting the body/mind connection and advocating for dance/movement therapy as a potential supplementary treatment for vasovagal syncope. The author used personal experience with this diagnosis as well as Lesley @ll search and Google Scholar to gather research. The research explored is summarized through a description of the diagnosis, the physical and psychological impact, current treatment options, the use of dance/movement therapy with other medical and psychological diagnoses, and polyvagal-informed dance/movement therapy. The therapeutic qualities that emerged from the literature as important to treatment are therapeutic presence, embodied awareness, interoception, resilience, coping, empowerment, self-efficacy, and identity. It was concluded that dance movement therapy has the unique potential to support the body and mind of those struggling with vasovagal syncope supplementary to medical care. However, further research is needed to test this hypothesis
Person-centred advocacy: Some ethical issues
No full textIn the second of two articles on advocacy for people with dementia Mike Fox with Lesley Wilson considers some of the ethical issues arising from advocacy work within a residential home that was due to close
Inter ...: Virtual breeze, Underskirt, Live-wire-frame, Cut glass
No full textInter… is an exhibition co-curated by Julie Westerman and Lesley Sanderson and mounted at The Harris
Museum and Art Gallery, Preston. Its theme is drawn from the novel phenomenological effects prompted by digital simulation; specifically, the concept of space as a transitional quality that lies between the real and the virtual.
Westerman’s contribution of works to the exhibition consisted of four artefacts that emphasize the impact of digital technology and visualization techniques on the conventions of representation: Virtual Breeze, Underskirt, Live-wire-frame, and Cut Glass. All were developed as computer generated images that were the basis for animation sequences translated through rapid prototyping or computer-controlled laser engraving.</p
Sacar La Voz: A Manifesto For My Latinx Peers
No full textThis thesis was originally concerned with the use of expressive arts therapy with Latinx survivors of domestic violence. As the author carried out the review of literature, she began to encounter fundamental issues in the way that the Latinx community is approached in research. Instead of carrying out a traditional review of literature, the author approached the literature through three main questions: Who is the research about?, Who is the research by?,” and Who is the research for? Reductive generalizations, missing information, and disempowering assumptions were found. These problematic realities are presented as symptomatic of larger systemic issues, which the author connects to her experiences in formal education, as well as to relevant personal and professional experiences. The paper concludes by exhorting mental health counselors and expressive arts therapists to give up the idea of being apolitical because trauma work, especially with those experiencing compounded marginalization, is inherently political
CIPD accreditation approval document
No full textAccepted document for CIPD accreditation of the MSc Human Resource Management Programme.Approved April 2023Programme Commenced September 2023Principal Author: Dr Lesley McLea
The Role of Defense Mechanisms of Israeli Society in Relationship to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: From “1948 Repression” to Artistic Sublimation
No full textAlthough many researchers have examined the concept of defense mechanisms, almost none have done so from a societal and cultural point of view. The author investigated the following research questions: (1) Which defense mechanisms are used in Israeli society within the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict? What changes, if any, have occurred in these defenses over the years? (2) What are the reasons for the use of these defenses? What are the consequences of the use? (3) How can a transition(s) from the use of a lower-level defense mechanism(s) to a higher-level one(s) occur? What is the role of the arts in this transition(s)? The author reviewed the concept of defense mechanism as coined in 1894 by Sigmund Freud and then developed by later researchers and clinicians. The author also reviewed the ways defense mechanisms are perceived and processed within the realm of expressive therapies. The research paradigm was qualitative and the major investigative method consisted of semistructured interviews of six professionals involved in Israeli–Palestinian relations. The author found that a slow, positive transition has occurred in use of the defenses, namely, a progression from mainly psychotic and early forms of immature defenses such as denial, distortion, and splitting to the use of higher-level expressions of immature forms of defenses, as well as various levels of intermediate defenses, such as projection, repression, rationalization, and isolation. The author suggested practical steps to continue the perceived advancement on the developmental scale of the defenses toward more adaptive and empathic relations between Israeli society and the Palestinians. These steps include creating a more objective media, developing changes within the educational system, generating more symmetric encounters and personal contact between Israelis and Palestinians, while using artistic language in order to increase empathy
Moral Awareness and Therapist Use of Self
No full textThe concept therapist use of self is examined. Reasons for incorporating the moral awareness of the counselor into this concept are presented and a case example is discussed. The salience of this issue in the context of a post-positivist social science is addressed and contextualized within a multicultural frame. A critique of the notion of therapeutic moral neutrality is presented. The discussion concludes with a proposed framing of the concept of therapist use of self
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