Mirroring Exercise: Dance/Movement Therapy for Individuals with Trauma

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10.2991/assehr.k.200120.029How to use a DOI?

Keywords

dance/movement therapy, mirroring, trauma, empathy

Abstract

This literature review assesses dance/movement therapy techniques that could be an effective treatment for the victim who is experiencing and witnessing a traumatic event. Traumatic events can hold significant physical, psychological, and neurobiological outcomes for an individual. Since the consequences of concerning trauma-related symptoms have not arisen yet, the application of DMT is required as an alternative for healing therapy. Combining the body into treatment for traumatized individuals relieves somatic symptoms of the trauma. Body movement can be a means to communicate and express painful memories nonverbally. This paper examines the application of mirroring as an exercise routine in DMT to enhance emotional understanding and empathy about a feeling of distress, trauma, helplessness, and fear. It can be sensed and interpreted by moving together. The findings from recent studies show that mirroring practice in DMT may induce advantages in the psychological functioning of a person who suffers from a traumatic experience.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rullita Aristya Mintarsih
AU  - Baiq Sopia Iswari Azizah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/22
TI  - Mirroring Exercise: Dance/Movement Therapy for Individuals with Trauma
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 132
EP  - 138
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200120.029
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200120.029
ID  - Mintarsih2020
ER  -