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Teaching Through Movement, Michaela Laird
Teaching Through Movement, Michaela Laird
Dance/Movement Therapy Theses
Within the United States, many children struggle in the public school system to meet the demands required of them. Often the underlying issue stems from a lack of focus around the social and emotional needs of the children. The demand of this issue requires work on multiple levels: the individual, collective, and institutional, and can be met through better understanding and application of nonverbal communication. Dance/movement therapy is an approach that can be applied to address these issues in such a manner. Through the application of dance/movement therapy for students and teachers alike, improvement can be made to further promote …
Abortion And Dance/Movement Therapy: A Mind-Body Approach To Healing, Jacqueline Mcnally
Abortion And Dance/Movement Therapy: A Mind-Body Approach To Healing, Jacqueline Mcnally
Dance/Movement Therapy Theses
Abortion is one of the most common procedures in the United States with roughly a quarter of the female population receiving the procedure before the age of 45. Abortion is often an emotionally significant event that changes the course of someone’s life. For some of those women, negative physical and psychological symptoms can emerge post abortion. Grief, depression, trauma-based disorders, and concealable stigmas may accompany the range of physical changes. Communication is 55% nonverbal, therefore using a body-based modality for expression and healing is crucial. Dance/movement therapy is a body based modality that’s core principle uses the body as a …