[Adta] thinking out loud re how to develop on our research as a marketing tool

[skdmt2]

Hi Dianne

Thanks for sending this information. It looks very interesting. Clinically,
I see our pts w/ ED suffering w/ bowel problems because of malnutrition &
"re feeding" process they must go through, but I don't hear much re
inflamatatory Bowel disease.

 

Is it possible to access this article on the internet?

 

Also, I looked up the authors & found that one is a d/mt & that several
d/mts have collaborated in research studies & writings ( ie, Mim Berger,
Robyn Cruz, Diane Dulicai, Martha Davis)  Bravo! 

 

'Evidence based" therapies & rationales for the benefits of our work w/
specific populations is really important.

 

I didn't notice this article indicated on our website. Did I miss it?

Also, is it relevant to supporting the underpinnings of d/mt w/ the ED
population?

 

Can we be alerted to relevant research writings on this listserve as
listserve subscribers participate in them?

 

What can we do as an organization to better support ongoing awareness of
research findings that we participate in that can help us indicate to the
world that we have are an evidence based therapy?

 

I would love to see some samples re research from within our profession that
supports our work with eating disorders.

 

Sometimes, I think we note that somebody has done research & recognize the
importance, but taking it a step further & identifying  the relevance of it,
for ex, in one page handouts that address specific populations that could be
used in promoting our work. For example, I use a one page handout on d/mt w/
ED & would love to incorporate mention of specific studies on this paper.

 

The pay-off for us is of course growth as a profession & as individuals,
more work opportunities with special populations.

 

I'm including ( below) the one page sheet I currently hand out almost every
time I present, along w/ other handouts, of course.

 

I wonder if we could use it as a springboard to explore ways to include
relevant research w/ particular population? That way we would be better
utilizing our resources & promoting our work in a larger way.

 

I am thinking of a packet of one page handouts w/ special populations that
would be available to our membership . As I "think out loud", I may be
rambling but I encourage readers to feel free to rampble also in order to
"create" & therefore develop further re our ideas & needs.

 

Susan kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC

 

                                                

* Dance/Movement Therapy

What is Dance/Movement Therapy?

 

Dance/movement therapy, also referred to as movement therapy, is:

.     Based on the assumption that the mind and the body are interrelated.

.     Described in the National Institutes of Health publication,
Alternative medicine: Expanding medical horizons, as one of the recognized,
mainstream mind/body approaches (1994).

.     Mentioned as a potentially helpful therapeutic modality in the APA
Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders
(rev.), Am J. Psychiatry, 2000, 157:1 Supplement, page 12.

.     Recognized as a specialty of professional counseling by the National
Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC, 1999). 

.     Defined by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) as the
psychotherapeutic use of movement  as a process which furthers the
emotional, cognitive and physical  integration of an individual. 

 

Education and Training

Dance/movement therapists have a minimum of a Master's degree and are
recognized by the initials DTR (dance therapist registered) or ADTR (Academy
of dance therapists registered) following their name. Training, education
and supervised agency experience of ADTRs (48-60 hr MA w/ 3640 hrs of
supervised experience in an accredited agency) is substantially equivalent
to requirements for professional counselors and social workers. ADTRs with
Masters degrees from an ADTA approved program or in another recognized
mental health field are automatically eligible to apply to become National
Certified Counselors (NCCs).

 

Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

 

All successful therapy involves an interaction between the mind and the
body.  Extensive recommendations published by a US government sponsored
committee of the Office of Alternative medicine in 1994 concluded that
programs (such as dance/movement therapy) furthering the practice of
body-mind interventions should be developed in order to provide patients
with access to methods that would enhance their ability to experience and
express themselves.  

  Many women with eating disorders have difficulty expressing and
articulating feelings and thoughts that will lead to positive change. Their
tendency to cover deep feelings through intellectualization creates the need
for them to access feelings and sensations. In so doing, they may be able to
form less adversarial relationships with their bodies. Dance/movement
therapists are specifically trained to help patients with eating disorders:

.     Experience a stronger connection with their body.

.     Experience rather then suppress feelings and body sensations.

.     Develop the ability to trust their feelings and sensations.

.     Explore what they are communicating through their body language.

.     Discover the connection between how they move through life and
problems they are facing.

.     Facilitate processing of the non-verbal metaphors and emerging
feelings that will lead to insights and new coping skills.

For Example

 

In IOP dance/movement therapy, the group explored trying to symbolically
"get in front of their eating disorder".  Sara discovered that the only
resources she used were intellectual. She had become  "stuck in her head"!
She didn't even recognize this until she actually experienced the
frustration of relying on excessive planning to try to get in front of her
symbolic eating disorder. When she realized that she was allowing her eating
disordered behaviors to "rule her", she was able to become aware of how she
took action  by "running from herself". This new awareness helped her
identify that she had been using her eating disordered behaviors as coping
mechanisms. Once recognized and acknowledged, she could began to explore new
ways to cope with problems underlying her 

eating disorder.

 

* Developed by Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC, 5/01





 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: adta-bounces at adta.org [mailto:adta-bounces at adta.org] On Behalf Of
Dianne Dulicai
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:36 PM
To: adta
Subject: [Adta] eating disorder movement profile

 

Some weeks ago someone was interested in movement charactistics of paitents 

with eating disorder. I finally found the article that might help. Movement 

Behaviour of Patients with Eating Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 

A Controlled Study, Lausberg, Hedda, Wietersheim, Feiereis, H. (1996) in 

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, #65:272-276.

Dianne Dulicai, Ph.D., ADTR 

 

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