The Psycho-neurology of Embodiment with Examples from Authentic Movement and Laban Movement Analysis

Payne, Helen

doi:10.1007/s10465-017-9256-2

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“…(4) Finally, the findings in this study also have clear implications for practices beyond talking therapies, particularly in fields, such as body psychotherapy and dance movement psychotherapy (Payne, 1992(Payne, , 2017. Within these types of therapy, movement is used to help increase the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration of the patients.…”

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confidence: 76%

Mentalizing Bodies: Explicit Mentalizing Without Words in Psychotherapy

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Introduction: Mentalization concerns the human ability to understand the actions of others (and oneself) in terms of intentional mental states. Theoretically, the notion has been described via the poles of automatic, non-verbal implicit mentalization as opposed to conscious and verbal explicit mentalization. In this article, we challenge this standard distinction by examining examples from psychotherapy. We argue that explicit mentalization can also be carried out via embodied non-verbal actions.Method: Four cases of real-life interaction from psychotherapy sessions are analyzed from the qualitative perspective of embodied cognition and multimodal interaction analysis. The analyses are based on video data transformed into transcriptions and anonymized drawings from a larger cognitive ethnography study conducted at a psychiatric hospital in Denmark.Results: The analyses demonstrate the gradual development from predominantly implicit mentalizing to predominantly explicit mentalizing. In the latter part of the examples, the mentalizing activity is initiated by the therapist on an embodied level but in an enlarged and complex manner indicating a higher level of awareness, imagination, and reflection. Thus, the standard assumption of explicit mentalization as contingent on verbal language is challenged, since it is demonstrated how processes of explicit mentalization can take place on an embodied level without the use of words.Conclusion: Based on real-life data, the study demonstrates that online processes of implicit and explicit mentalization are gradual and interwoven with embodied dynamics in real-life interaction. Thus, the analyses establish a window into how mentalization is carried out by psychotherapists through interaction, which testifies to the importance of embodied non-verbal behavior in psychotherapy. Further, informed by the notion of affordance-space, the study points to alternative ways of conceptualizing the intertwined nature of bodies and environment in relation to conveying more complex understandings of other people.

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“…All study groups portrayed a significant degree of imagination through performing movement improvisation. 17,18 In the "bubble & rock" dance (themed improvisation) where an imaginary rock was passed around in the circle, some participants enjoyed embodying the "heavy and hard" features of a rock. Participant #3 (mid-70s, group 1) liked this imagery concept and practiced it at home: "I played the 'bubble and rock' with my grandchildren and they loved that!"…”

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The Effects of Intuitive Movement Reembodiment on the Quality of Life of Older Adults With Dementia: A Pilot Study

Choo

Barak

East

2019

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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Background: The creative use of reminiscent music and natural movements were reported to have positive effects on the well-being of older adults with cognitive impairment. Objectives: To explore the effects of the intuitive movement reembodiment (IMR) program on the quality of life (QoL) of older adults with dementia. Methods: Data collected from 22 participants were analyzed: group 1 (mild dementia), group 2 (moderate dementia), group 3 (advanced dementia). All study groups participated in 10 weekly sessions. Self-reported QoL ratings were gathered through using the World Health Organisation (WHO)-5 questionnaire, alongside qualitative evidence recorded through onsite observation. Results: Statistically significant improvement in QoL was demonstrated after session 6. The qualitative analysis showed that the IMR sessions provided a sense of humor, imagination, and intuition that motivated the participants to dance and interact with joy. Conclusion: These preliminary positive findings need to be replicated in a larger randomized controlled trial.

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“…Indeed, the assimilation of neuroscientific knowledge into psychotherapeutic practice has received growing interest over the past decade, both in general (Javanbakht and Alberini, 2019) and specifically with relation to the different CATs modalities (Homann, 2010;Belkofer and Nolan, 2016;Berrol, 2016;O'Kelly et al, 2016;Payne, 2017;King et al, 2019). The current manuscript aims to describe and discuss main characteristics of brain function and their applicability to the therapeutic work, addressing intertwining themes, presented in the following sections.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Embodied-Enactive-Interactive Brain: Bridging Neuroscience and Creative Arts Therapies

Vaisvaser

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The recognition and incorporation of evidence-based neuroscientific concepts into creative arts therapeutic knowledge and practice seem valuable and advantageous for the purpose of integration and professional development. Moreover, exhilarating insights from the field of neuroscience coincide with the nature, conceptualization, goals, and methods of Creative Arts Therapies (CATs), enabling comprehensive understandings of the clinical landscape, from a translational perspective. This paper contextualizes and discusses dynamic brain functions that have been suggested to lie at the heart of intra- and inter-personal processes. Touching upon fundamental aspects of the self and self-other interaction, the state-of-the-art neuroscientific-informed views will shed light on mechanisms of the embodied, predictive and relational brain. The conceptual analysis introduces and interweaves the following contemporary perspectives of brain function: firstly, the grounding of mental activity in the lived, bodily experience will be delineated; secondly, the enactive account of internal models, or generative predictive representations, shaped by experience, will be defined and extensively deliberated; and thirdly, the interpersonal simulation and synchronization mechanisms that support empathy and mentalization will be thoroughly considered. Throughout the paper, the cross-talks between the brain and the body, within the brain through functionally connected neural networks and in the context of agent-environment dynamics, will be addressed. These communicative patterns will be elaborated on to unfold psychophysiological linkage, as well as psychopathological shifts, concluding with the neuroplastic change associated with the formulation of CATs. The manuscript suggests an integrative view of the brain-body-mind in contexts relevant to the therapeutic potential of the expressive creative arts and the main avenues by which neuroscience may ground, enlighten and enrich the clinical psychotherapeutic practice.

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The Psycho-neurology of Embodiment with Examples from Authentic Movement and Laban Movement Analysis

Cited by 19 publications

References 49 publications

Mentalizing Bodies: Explicit Mentalizing Without Words in Psychotherapy

Mentalizing Bodies: Explicit Mentalizing Without Words in Psychotherapy

The Effects of Intuitive Movement Reembodiment on the Quality of Life of Older Adults With Dementia: A Pilot Study

The Embodied-Enactive-Interactive Brain: Bridging Neuroscience and Creative Arts Therapies

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