Date of Award
Spring 5-18-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MAE - Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Wendy Allen
Abstract
Abstract
The mental health field has started to pay attention to how trauma plays into a person’s overall mental and physical well-being. Because of this more research has shown the connection between mind and body. Yet the clinical implications and literature on theories of how to treat trauma and trauma related disorders do not always connect. This review of literature seeks to analyze the literature on Porges’, Polyvagal Theory and Amighi’s, Kestenberg Movement Profiles. An investigation of the current literature makes a connection between the phylogenetic order of both the nervous system and developmental movement. Considerations of how trauma, in particular childhood trauma, can impact the development of the internal systems and the overall individual experience with the world are noted. Both internal and external body rhythms such as the heart, breathing, and movement coping skills will be explored.
Keywords: trauma, mind-body connection, Polyvagal Theory, Kestenberg Movement Profiles, developmental movement, window of tolerance
Author Identity Statement: The author identifies as a white cis-gender female from New England of mixed European Ancestry.
Recommended Citation
Barbera, Elizabeth, "Regulation Through Rhythm: A literature Review on Dance/Movement Therapy Approaches To Facilitating Nervous System Regulation" (2024). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 894.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/894
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