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 …

This critical literature review explores the intersections of inpatient psychiatric restraint,
polyvagal theory, dance/movement therapy and counseling, physiological manifestations of …

This literature review focuses on how dance/movement therapy can be beneficial for adult
survivors of adverse childhood experiences. The long-term effects of adverse childhood …

This chapter discusses the implications for integrating culturally responsive and trauma-
informed practices into dance/movement therapy education, practice, and research. Trauma …

This research seeks to gain a greater understanding of the first-hand, lived experience of
vicarious trauma for providers who have worked with individuals experiencing trauma …

Expanding knowledge about how to self-regulate when faced with challenging
circumstances has the potential to benefit individuals and communities, especially in our …

This chapter, written by a somatic psychologist/dance movement therapist with over 12 years
of experience (both programmatic and clinical), will address the issues associated with the …

The purpose of this clinical case study was to explore and describe how a neurological
experience of safety was fostered for survivors of sexual trauma in dance/movement therapy …

Abstract Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT), an approach meant to facilitate holistic
integration, has been historically associated with treating symptoms of trauma. Because it is …

Trauma is concomitant with a lack of safety; as such, where there is a threat to safety, there is
likely to be trauma. Afrodescendants living in the United States, through an ongoing lack of …