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This book offers a timely, detailed, and comprehensive synopsis of dance/movement therapy (DMT) in the treatment of psychological trauma.
List of contents
Section 1: Foundational Concepts in Dance/Movement Therapy and Psychological Trauma 1. Theoretical Underpinnings of Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Psychological Trauma
2. Embodied Conversations: Culturally and Trauma-Informed Healing Practices in Dance/Movement Therapy 3. Neurobiological Considerations in the Treatment of Trauma from a Dance/Movement Therapy Perspective 4. Bridging the Chasm and Calming the Storm: The Relational Perspective on Dance/Movement Therapy for Trauma
Section 2: Clinical Applications with Various Populations 5. Body, Brain, and Relationship: Dance/Movement Therapy with Children with Complex Trauma
6. Trauma, Oppression, and Dance/Movement Therapy with Adolescents: An Inside out Approach for the Counselor/Therapist
7. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Dance/Movement Therapy for Persons Living with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
8. Dance/Movement Therapy: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Engagement in the Treatment of Substance Use
9. Dance/Movement Therapy: Renewing Purpose when Emerging from Sexual Abuse and International Human Sex Trafficking
10. Dance/Movement Therapy, Trauma, and Criminalization: Reflecting on Feminist and Participatory Approaches 11. Refugees Dealing with Complex Trauma: Dance/Movement Therapy for Survivors of the Genocide of the Yazidi
12. A Return to the Body: Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy for Individuals with Eating Disorders 13. Dance/Movement Therapy with Active Duty and Veteran Military Populations
14. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy in the Context of Medical Illness
Section 3: Widening the Scope of Dance/Movement Therapy 15. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy in the Age of Telehealth
16. Multigenerational Cultural Trauma Considerations in Dance/Movement Therapy
17. Dance/Movement Therapy and Trauma Stewardship: A Practical Guide for Helping Professionals
18. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy: Implications for Healing-Centered Education, Practice, and Research
About the author
Rebekka Dieterich-Hartwell, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC is a dance/movement therapist and researcher interested in the neurobiological effects of trauma. She currently serves as member-at-large in the American Dance Therapy Association.
Anne Margrethe Melsom, MA, BC-DMT, LPC, NCC is a dance/movement therapy educator at Drexel University's Creative Arts Therapies Master's Program and is past chair of the American Dance Therapy Association's Committee on Approval.
Summary
This book offers a timely, detailed, and comprehensive synopsis of dance/movement therapy (DMT) in the treatment of psychological trauma.
