Dance/Movement Therapy and the Beginnings of Decolonizing the Post-Restraint Process: A Literature Review

Author

Marissa JaxFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-1-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

MAE - Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies

Department

Expressive Therapies

Advisor

Valerie Blanc

Abstract

Restraints are used to ensure and provide safety across populations and in a multitude of settings. It is also acknowledged that restraints are at a high risk of causing trauma for all involved in the restraint process (Cui, et al., 2021; Dotson et al., 2022; Rose & Slack, 2016; Singal et al., 2023). There is an abundance of research on how the body is affected by trauma (Barnstaple & Dieterich-Hartwell, 2022; Levine, 2010; Maté, 2022; Menakem, 2017; Mullan, 2023; van der Kolk, 2014). Trauma from restraints can disproportionately affect people of color and indigenous peoples (Dotson et al., 2022; Linklater, 2014). This literature review questions social justice implications in the restraint process as well as the ethical practice to consider decolonized trauma-preventative intervention by incorporating body-based processing such as Dance/Movement Therapy in the post-restraint process.

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Recommended Citation

Jax, Marissa, "Dance/Movement Therapy and the Beginnings of Decolonizing the Post-Restraint Process: A Literature Review" (2024). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 847.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/847