Dance/movement therapy with battered women: A paradigm of action

Leventhal, Fern; Chang, Meg

doi:10.1007/bf00844142

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“…Likewise, these qualitative results provide additional support to the quantitative finding that there was an acute positive outcome of the workshops on affect. This is also aligned with previous literature findings that dance therapy supports re-accessing positive emotions for survivors (29)(30)(31), as well as improves positive self-concept and self-esteem (32,63).…”

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confidence: 91%

Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Özümerzifon¹,

Ross

Brinza³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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AimsThe aim of this study was to explore the feasibility and benefits of a 12-session dance/movement program for intimate partner violence survivors' mental health and PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The specific purposes were fourfold: (1) To determine the feasibility of delivering a virtual dance/movement workshop program; (2) to examine the effects of the program on symptoms of PTSD and psychological distress; (3) to determine whether heart rate variability improves; and (4) to describe the individual and shared experiences of a subgroup of participants of the program.MethodsForty-five women ages 23–48 years were randomized to a 12-session virtual creative dance/movement program or a usual care control group, and completed questionnaires about PTSD and mental health symptoms, general health, physical activity, and underwent a brief measurement of heart rate variability. A subset of the intervention group participated in a semi-structured focus group.ResultsThe results of the study showed that the female survivors of intimate partner violence who participated in the virtual workshops felt better, and they experienced improved affect and reduced tension. They found new ways to express themselves, attune to their bodies, learn new self-care habits, and build community as they engaged in the workshops. Over the course of the study, the participants' symptoms of PTSD and psychological distress lessened. There were no changes in heart rate variability.ConclusionsThis complex study was successfully completed during a global pandemic and resulted in improvements in some mental health symptoms and overall well-being. Given the importance of this work with intimate partner violence survivors, further work exploring dance/movement workshops for participants virtually and in-person is needed.

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confidence: 91%

Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Özümerzifon¹,

Ross

Brinza³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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“…This expanded knowledge has broadened the ways in which dance/movement therapists intervene to support children and families to move forward from common patterns of ''immobilization'' often experienced in victims of domestic violence (Leventhal & Chang, 1991), develop and build body awareness (Moore, 2006), and build the presence of physical contact or ''bonding'' in families (Sbiglio, 2006), which can assist in enhancing the security of attachment relationships within the family unit.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is grounded in theories of attachment, on the primary hypothesis that dance/movement therapy offers not only a way to address the physical and behavioral patterns of immobilization (Leventhal & Chang, 1991), but also, as a reparative tool, it assists victims in integrating healthy self-regulatory capacities that have been stunted by trauma experienced through the body (Gray, 2001;Levine & Frederick, 1997;Rothschild, 2000;Schore, 2003). The case illustration highlights how dance/movement therapy provided a direct approach to addressing specific symptoms of abuse that appeared in particular individuals in this family, as well as how ''re-choreographing'' the family dynamics and relationships dysregulated by the domestic violence was pivotal in helping this family to learn new ways to self-regulate.…”

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Untying the Knots: Dance/Movement Therapy with a Family Exposed to Domestic Violence

Devereaux

2008

Am J Dance Ther

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Domestic violence affects not only the battered victim, but all members of the family. Dance/movement therapy, through its active and metaphorical process, can provide a new therapeutic approach to assist families exposed to domestic violence. This paper provides a case illustration of the use of dance/movement therapy with a family exposed to domestic violence, as the primary therapeutic intervention. It is grounded in theories of attachment, on the primary hypothesis that dance/movement therapy offers not only a way to address the physical and emotional patterns of immobilization but also, as a reparative tool, it assists victims in integrating healthy self-regulatory capacities that have been stunted by trauma experienced through the body. The case illustration highlights how dance/movement therapy provided a direct approach to addressing specific symptoms of abuse that appeared in particular individuals in this family, as well as how ''re-choreographing'' the family dynamics and relationships dysregulated by the domestic violence was pivotal in helping this family to learn new ways to self-regulate.

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“…Other individual therapeutic interventions that have been used to support the recovery and healing of partner violence victims include, but are not limited to, dialectical behavior therapy (Fruzzetti, & Levensky, 2000;Iverson, Shenk, & Fruzzetti, 2009), forgiveness therapy (Reed & Enright, 2006), and cognitive therapy or CBT (Douglas & Strom, 1988;de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza, Gaona-Márquez, & Sánchez-Sosa, 2006). A few researchers also have written about dance, music, and art therapies for partner violence victims (Hernández-Ruiz, 2005;Leventhal & Chang, 1991;Stokrocki, Andrews, & Saemundsdottir, 2004). We do not review these therapies because there is so little outcome research on the effectiveness of these therapies, to date.…”

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confidence: 99%

Partner violence victimization and perpetration: Developmental and contextual implications for effective practice.

Chronister¹,

Aldarondo²

2012

APA Handbook of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 2: Practice, Interventions, and Applications.

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Partner violence occurs among opposite-sex and same-sex couples, and among cohabitating and married couples. Partner violence also occurs among couples from diverse economic, racial, ethnic, national, and other cultural backgrounds, although certain factors place particular communities at greater risk, including social marginalization and cultural and economic oppression (Aldarondo & Mederos, 2002;

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Dance/movement therapy with battered women: A paradigm of action

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Untying the Knots: Dance/Movement Therapy with a Family Exposed to Domestic Violence

Partner violence victimization and perpetration: Developmental and contextual implications for effective practice.

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