Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques
| dc.contributor.author | Hoj, Kimberly | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-24T16:54:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-24T16:54:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Expanding knowledge about how to self-regulate when faced with challenging circumstances has the potential to benefit individuals and communities, especially in our post-pandemic environment with increasing needs for mental health support. This thesis provides a psychoeducational basis for use of dance movement therapeutic techniques to integrate adverse childhood experiences. The literature review refines an understanding of big T and little t trauma as it relates to mental illness, polyvagal theory, nervous system regulation, the window of tolerance, body armoring, somatic psychotherapy, trauma- informed care, adverse childhood experiences and post-traumatic growth. This thesis culminates in a personal arts-based autoethnography informed by the theoretical framework summarized by Pierce (2014) to work with individuals through a three-phase dance movement therapy practice to process trauma-related content. The author collaborates with a photographer who used the “pop and blur” technique to capture a trail of light evident in the image to illustrate the somatic energy within the movement in a static, preserved and visually intriguing manner. Future applications of this arts ethnography will benefit therapists, educators and anyone who desires to process adverse childhood experiences. (Author Abstract) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hoj, Kimberly. (2022). Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques (Masters thesis). Lesley University. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1666&context=expressive_theses | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/5747 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adverse Childhood Experiences | en_US |
| dc.subject | psychological effects | en_US |
| dc.subject | long term effects | en_US |
| dc.subject | PTSD | en_US |
| dc.subject | treatment | en_US |
| dc.title | Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |