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Attending to the heart beat in Dance Movement Psychotherapy: improvements in mood and quality of life for patients with Coronary Heart Disease
No full textCoronary Heart Disease (CHD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Interventions to reduce future events in patients with established CHD include apart from medical and pharmaceutical means, a change in lifestyle, social and psychological support and other interventions such as Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP). The present chapter describes the potential usefulness of DMP as a therapeutic tool in acute and chronic cardiac patients. Data from two studies among CHD patients, conducted in a tertiary hospital and a rehabilitation center are presented. Both studies show short term benefit in the quality of life and psychological status of patients. Although methodological limitations did not allow for the establishment of long term benefits of this intervention for CHD patients, this chapter hypothesizes that long lasting benefits are possible
Introduction: Arts therapies' response to the global crisis of depression: current research and future developments
No full textThis chapter introduces the variety of research compiled in this publication, drawing on a number of philosophical and methodological perspectives to offer a coherent, albeit diverse and complex, picture of arts therapies research and practice with clients experiencing depression at different stages of their lives. The need for a meaningful and natural connection between evidence-based theory and practice is highlighted and a brief synthesis of the main themes and insights within individual chapters is offered. The chapter suggests future directions in research and discusses arts therapies' contribution to the treatment of depression and the creation of healthy environments for improved wellbeing.</p
Finding a Way Out of the Labyrinth through Dance Movement Psychotherapy: Collaborative Work in a Mental Health Promotion Programme for Secondary Schools
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Movement-based arts therapy for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
No full textThis chapter presents the findings of a doctoral project aiming to design and introduce a culturally sensitive movement-based arts therapies programme in primary schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Findings based on interviews and questionnaires completed by parents and teachers suggest that the arts therapy approach adopted in this pilot study had a positive impact on the emotional wellbeing of young participants and thus, could have a preventative effect on developing depression in later life. We conclude that culturally sensitive arts therapies may be meaningfully introduced in the KSA, in schools and beyond.</p
Cultural Adaptations of Dance Movement Psychotherapy Experiences
No full textWater plays a key role in all our lives, and in South Africa it epitomizes a space in which political inequalities have played themselves out with devastating consequences. The current ecological crisis demands new ways of engaging with ourselves, each other, and nature. This research is an initial exploration on the use of a body-based creative movement approach within a transdisciplinary complex social–ecological systems researcher group. The research objective was to develop culturally relevant themes from professional dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) training in the UK for application in a South African water-resource management context, using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Artistic inquiry was used to reflect creatively on the themes and to add an embodied response to the discussion. The cultural adaptations of DMP can contribute to a more engaged and non-hierarchical collaboration between practitioners and the people and communities they serve.</p
Cultural adaptations of Dance Movement Psychotherapy experiences: from a UK higher education context to working with communities in southern Africa facing water related inequality
No full textWater plays a key role in all our lives and in South Africa epitomizes a space in which political inequalities have played themselves out with devastating consequences. The current ecological crisis demands new ways of engaging with ourselves, each other and nature. This research is an initial exploration on the use of a body-based creative movement approach within a transdisciplinary complex social-ecological systems researcher group. The research objective discussed in this chapter is to develop culturally relevant themes from professional Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) training in the UK for application in a South African water resource management context. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to identify culturally relevant themes based on the recorded perceptions of the phenomenon of the training while it was taking place. The themes of: Awareness of Power and Difference; Therapeutic Adaptability; Sharing Leadership and Connecting with the Environment were identified. Artistic Inquiry was used to creatively reflect on the themes and add an embodied response to the discussion. The cultural adaptations of DMP can contribute to a more engaged and non-hierarchical collaboration between practitioners and the people and communities they serve, which would facilitate a therapeutic practice that works with both internal, external (and even transcendental) factors. Key words: Culture, dance movement psychotherapy, training, higher education, transdisciplinary water resource management
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