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Dance and Other Expressive Art Therapies When Words are Not Enough This page intentionally left blank Dance and Other Expressive Art Therapies When Words are Not Enough Edited by Fran J. Levy, Ed.D., B.C.D., C.S. w., ADTR with Judith Pines Fried, M.A., ADTR and Fern Leventhal, M.A., ADTR First published 1995 by Routledge Published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Rout/edge is an imprint of the Tay/or & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright ©1995 by Routledge All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, incIuding pho tocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without per mission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dance and other expressive art therapies: when words are not enough / edited by Fran J. Levy. p. cm. IncIudes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-415-91229-7 (pbk) 1. Dance therapy. 2. Movement therapy. 3. Dance therapy for children. 4. Movement therapy for children. I. Levy, Fran J. RC489.D3D34 1995 616.89' 1655-dc20 95-16839 ClP To our patients, students, and colleagues. This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part 1 / Adults 1. Nameless: A Case of Multiplicity. ................................................................. 7 Fran J. Levy, Ed.D., B.C.D., C.S. w., ADTR 2. Dancing beyond Trauma: Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse .................... .41 Bonnie Bernstein, M.Ed., ADTR, MFCC 3. Mobilizing Battered Women: A Creative Step Forward............................ 59 Meg Chang, M.S., ADTR and Fern Leventhal, M.A., ADTR 4. "I Can't Have Me if 1 Don't Have You": Working with the Borderline Personality. ...............................................................................................6 9 Joan Lavender, Psy.D., M.A. and Wendy Sobelman, M.P.S., ADTR 5. Multiple Personality Disorder: A Group Movement Therapy Approach ....... 83 Edith Z. Baum, M.A., ADTR viii Contents 6. Walls of Addiction ...................................................................................... 93 w., M. Barbara Murray-Lane, M.A., M.S. ADTR 7. Movement as Metaphor: Treating Chemical Addiction ............................. 10 1 Sherry Rose, M.A., ADTR 8. Confronting Co-Dependency: A Psychodramatic Movement Therapy Approach ................................................................................... 109 w., Eileen M. Lawlor, C.I.S. G.A.D.G., ADTR 9. Treating Anxiety: Four Ca se Examples ..................................................... 119 Susan Kierr, M.A., ADTR 10. Dance/Movement Therapy with Aging Populations ................................. 133 Susan L. Sandei, Ph.D., ADTR and Amy Scott Hollander, M.A. Part 2 / Children 11. Sue and Ion: Working with Blind Children ................................................ 147 Judith Pines Fried, M.A., ADTR 12. Sandra: The Case of an Adopted Sexually Abused Child ............................ 167 Steve Harvey, Ph.D., ADTR, RDT, RPT 13. Early Intervention with Children at Risk for Attachment Disorders ............. 181 Bette Blau, M.A., ADTR and Debra Reicher, Ph.D. 14. Treating Children with Autism in a Public School System .......................... 191 Tina Erfer, M.A., ADTR 15. The Case of Warren: A KMP Approach to Autism ..................................... 213 Susan Loman, M.A., ADTR 16. The" 4's": A Dance Therapy Program for Learning-Disabled Adolescents ............................................................................................. 225 Diane Duggan, M.A., ADTR Notes 241 Bibliography 245 Contributors 257 Index 261 Foreword Anyone who works with individuals through the healing arts knows the com plexity of human nature and the diversity of human needs. As a clinician and educator for almost thirty years, I have come to appreciate, more so than ever, the power of movement to illuminate, clarify, and heat. In the chapters that follow, the reader is offered a unique opportunity to enter the clinical setting, and to participate in the healing process with both the patient and the therapist. The field of dance/movement therapy has long await ed a book, such as this one, which gives us detailed clinical material on specific patient populations. Fran Levy's first book, DancelMovement Therapy: A Healing Art, provided a strong practical, historical, and theoretical foundation on which this book firmly stands. All of the selections that follow have been written by recognized leaders and contributors to the field. Expressed in language that appeals to the heart as weIl as the mind, the book addresses immediate and pressing clinical concerns. Technical jargon is kept to aminimum, and, when used, is always defined. Throughout the book, the needs of patients are carefully considered and creatively met through the courage and perseverance of each therapist. Thoughtful and sensitive descrip tions of the individuals discussed allows for an unusual intimacy between the reader and the patient. The authors believe that the experience of movement, on ix
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