The Effectiveness of Body-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Review of the Literature

Bloch-Atefi, Alexandra; Ja, Smith

doi:10.59158/001c.71153

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“…Working with the felt sense of the body . Learning to read the felt sense of the body—its level of activation or calm—is a form of body mindfulness or bottom-up mindfulness 82 . In our own clinical work, we support this learning process—the child’s awareness of changes in his or her body state—and make it more concrete by asking the child to draw his or her felt sense of the body on a body map.…”

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“…Teaching the child bottom-up (body) regulation strategies to help calm the brain, body, and mind (see Text Box 3). Bottom-up regulation approaches target the body system level and are referred to using various expressions: body or bottom-up mindfulness, or body-oriented, somatic, or biofeedback interventions 82 . Many of these approaches involve working with the felt sense of the body, with the child’s attention focused on body sensations.…”

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Evidence-Based Mind-Body Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Kozlowska

Chudleigh

Savage

et al. 2023

Harv Rev Psychiatry

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Learning objectives:• Develop and implement treatment plans for children and adolescents with functional neurological disorder (FND) • Outline a plan to increase awareness and standardize the care for patients with FND using evidence-based interventions Abstract: Functional neurological disorder (FND) in children and adolescents involves the biological embedding of lived experience in the body and brain. This embedding culminates in stress-system activation or dysregulation and in aberrant changes in neural network function. In pediatric neurology clinics, FND represents up to one-fifth of patients. Current research shows good outcomes with prompt diagnosis and treatment using a biopsychosocial, stepped-care approach. At present, however-and worldwide-FND services are scarce, the result of long-standing stigma and ingrained belief that patients with FND do not suffer from a real ("organic") disorder and that they therefore do not require, or even deserve, treatment. Since 1994, the Mind-Body Program for children and adolescents with FND at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia-run by a consultation-liaison team-has delivered inpatient care to hundreds of patients with FND and outpatient care to hundreds of others. For less-disabled patients, the program enables community-based clinicians to implement biopsychosocial interventions locally by providing a positive diagnosis (by a neurologist or pediatrician), a biopsychosocial assessment and formulation (by clinicians from the consultation-liaison team), a physical therapy assessment, and clinical support (from the consultation-liaison team and the physiotherapist). In this Perspective we describe the elements of a biopsychosocial mind-body program intervention capable of providing, as needed, effective treatment to children and adolescents with FND. Our aim is to communicate to clinicians and institutions around the world what is needed to establish effective community treatment programs, as well as hospital inpatient and outpatient interventions, in their own health care settings.

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confidence: 99%

Evidence-Based Mind-Body Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Kozlowska

Chudleigh

Savage

et al. 2023

Harv Rev Psychiatry

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“…A recent systematic study (Dias Rodrigues et al, 2022a) has shown that body-oriented interventions effectively promote social-emotional competence, although more studies are needed to better understand the benefits regarding preschool age. Body-oriented interventions are based on the premise that emotional and bodily experiences are associated, aiming to promote the awareness of the body, the connection between the body and emotions, and the body in relation to others (Röhricht, 2009;Bloch-Atefi and Smith, 2014;Rosendahl et al, 2021). Bodyoriented interventions encompass different types of approaches, such as play, relaxation, or dance.…”

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Body-oriented interventions to promote preschoolers’ social–emotional competence: a quasi-experimental study

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IntroductionSocial–emotional competence is foundational to children’s health and well-being. Body-oriented interventions, such as relaxation or play based interventions, have been shown to promote social–emotional competence, however more studies are needed to better understand the specific benefits of each type of body-oriented approach.ObjectiveThe present study aimed to examine the chronic and the acute effects of three body-oriented intervention programs (loose parts play, relaxation and combining loose parts play and relaxation) on preschoolers’ social–emotional competence.MethodsA quasi-experimental study was carried out, including 62 preschoolers (4.44 ± 0.93 years) that were allocated into 4 groups: Loose Parts Play program (n = 17); Relaxation program (n = 17); Combined program (n = 13); and Waitlist Control Group (no intervention; n = 15). All three intervention programs had a 12-week duration, with biweekly sessions of 30-min, implemented in the preschool outdoors. To examine the chronic effects of the intervention programs, all instruments (parents’ and preschool teacher’s questionnaires, tasks and saliva) were collected at baseline and after the 12-week period. To examine the acute effects, saliva samples were collected immediately before and after the 1st and the 24th sessions, with a total of 4 collections per child.ResultsBoth loose parts play and relaxation interventions significantly improved (p < 0.05) children’s positive emotion expression. Several within-groups changes were found for the Loose parts play, Relaxation and Combined programs.ConclusionBody-oriented interventions effectively promote preschoolers’ social–emotional competence.

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Relationship and Family Therapy for Newly Resettled Refugees: An Interpretive Description of Staff Experiences

Karageorge

Rhodes

Gray³

2018

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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The needs of refugees are of crucial concern internationally. Relational trauma is an area that is particularly under-emphasised and under-researched. The Strength to Strength program (STS) was a relationship and family counselling service for recently arrived refugees in Sydney, Australia. The service model built on post-Milan systemic family therapy principles to include cultural and trauma-informed aspects of care. This study explored the design and impact of the program, through qualitative accounts provided by service users. This paper focuses on the experiences of staff of the program, and the ways in which more traditional, Western-informed modes of family therapy were transformed by refugee client needs. The specific study aim was to identify and describe transformations to the delivery of relationship and family counselling with refugees that enabled care, from the perspective of STS staff. A thematic analysis of interviews with STS service staff (bicultural workers, family therapists, managers; n = 10) was undertaken, guided by an interpretive description framework. Findings revealed that acceptable and useful clinical innovations to standard care included the use of community groups, the unique role of the bicultural worker, and increased reliance on more directive and practical modes of family therapy rather than insight-oriented post-Milan techniques. The role of community-based intervention to enrich existing Western-informed models of care for use with refugees was vital. STS was an example of staff-driven innovation to the therapeutic care of refugee families resettling in a Western country and took into account their unique and complex set of cultural, practical, and psychological client needs. Future service delivery is best guided by the incorporation of multi-faceted approaches to care that allow for phasing of treatment in line with client culture, needs, and readiness.

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The Effectiveness of Body-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Review of the Literature

Cited by 6 publications

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Evidence-Based Mind-Body Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Evidence-Based Mind-Body Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Functional Neurological Disorder

Body-oriented interventions to promote preschoolers’ social–emotional competence: a quasi-experimental study

Relationship and Family Therapy for Newly Resettled Refugees: An Interpretive Description of Staff Experiences

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