Journal article
Untying the Knots: Dance/Movement Therapy with a Family Exposed to Domestic Violence
American journal of dance therapy, v 30(2), pp 58-70
01 Dec 2008
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Abstract
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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- Title
- Untying the Knots: Dance/Movement Therapy with a Family Exposed to Domestic Violence
- Creators
- Christina Devereaux - Pratt Institute
- Publication Details
- American journal of dance therapy, v 30(2), pp 58-70
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic-Human Sciences Press
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000433793900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-56949103611
- Other Identifier
- 991021885796704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Rehabilitation