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Thesis
Dance/movement therapy with an adolescent mother: a case study
Master of Arts (M.A.), Hahnemann University
May 1994
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-1107
Abstract
Adolescent mothers and their infants have been identified as a high riskpopulation. Due to the resulting economical and psychological trauma faced bythe adolescent mother, she is emotionally unavailable for her infant. To date,the literature surrounding interventions for this population demonstratecontroversy. Intervention programs suggest child development education,social support systems, prenatal health care, nutritional education, andpsychotherapy. The importance of a therapeutic approach has been discussed. However, these programs do not fully explore and describe appropriatetherapeutic interventions for this population. This case study was designed to explore and describe the process andpossible benefits of Dance/Movement Therapy with an adolescent mother inthree therapeutic contexts: individual therapy, peer group therapy, andmother/infant group therapy. The sessions ran for twelve weeks with each typeof therapy session meeting once a week. Clinical material was collected aftereach session focusing on the subject's use of touch, visual behaviors,vocalizations, proximity, mirroring, empathy and use of efforts. The adolescentanswered questions regarding her feelings and impressions of the threetherapeutic sessions which were compared to this clinician's findings. The hypothesis that the individual sessions and the peer group sessionswould promote positive interactions between the mother and her infant was notnecessarily established. However, it is within the scope of this study to notethat the individual sessions appear to be the most beneficial therapeuticintervention and that the three therapeutic contexts provided the subjectalternative environments in which to address her varying needs.
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- Title
- Dance/movement therapy with an adolescent mother
- Creators
- Emily T. Venable - DH
- Contributors
- Dennis DePace (Advisor) - DH
- Awarding Institution
- Hahnemann University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Hahnemann University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts in Therapy [Historical]; Hahnemann University (1982-1993); Mental Health (Technology/Sciences) [Historical]; School of Health Sciences and Humanities (1988-1993)
- Other Identifier
- 1107; 991014632340604721