Nov 24 - Week 15 - Meeting 27 / Online Class / Self - Assessment: Final Quiz

 

 

QUESTIONS

 Please, answer the following questions in your own words, using: common sense, previous knowledge, class experience and the content of our blog posts.

1. Drawing one's own self-portrait is not about being a good artist able to draw a photographic version of one's own image. In Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) one draws one's self-portrait other reasons. What is the purpose of drawing your self-portrait within the context of a DMT session?

2. Trudi Schoop created the concept of rhythm-drumming, which we explored together in class. Based on your own experience with rhythm-drumming, what is the benefit of using rhythm -rumming during group therapy for clients with schizophrenia?

3. In class, we saw clips of the film A Beautiful Mind based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994, but also a person who suffered the effects of schizophrenia. In which way does Trudi Schoop's concept of "innermost-fantasy" apply to clients who suffer this condition?

4. Blanch Evan was primarily a dance teacher. Although she was familiarized with the Adlerian theory (also know as individual psychology, which we covered in class, her main therapeutic approach relied on the client's physical condition. What was Blanch Evan's functional technique about?

5. In class, we saw a video in which dance-movement-therapist Laurienne Singer uses authentic-movement, a concept articulated by Mary Whitehouse, to work with a client recovering from a radical mastectomy. In your own view of this case-study, how is authentic-movement the best possible therapy to help her client recover full mobility of the affected area of her body?

6. Our class is framed by the concept of positive psychology. How is the concept of positive psychology related to the hero's journey as we explored it in class? Illustrate your answer with examples from your college journey.

7. Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In class, we saw his video 9 Attitudes in which he lists the 9 attitudes of mindfulness: non-judging, patience, beginner's mind, trust, non-striving, acceptance, letting go, gratitude and generosity. How do you think that mindfulness can positively affect one's self-transformation?

8. According to psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen, psychiatrists are the only doctors that never look at the brain to diagnose their patients with mental disorders. According to Amen, what is problematic about this? Explain why.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nov 5 - Week 12 - Meeting 22 / Brain Rehab: Abnormal Involuntary Movement & (Rehearsing Session)

Image
  I   Unit: Brain Rehabilitation Theme: Abnormal Involuntary Movement   Introduction   Research is now consolidating and expanding the evidence-base for dance/movement therapy and the creative arts therapies; understanding the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors in the patient-provider relationship; enhancing diagnostic specificity using movement assessments; movement disorders; gesture.   II   Learning Objectives  Understand the concept of brain rehabilitation Explain how dance relates to brain rehabilitation Gain an awareness of the importance of diagnosing abnormal involuntary movements Experience the application of these concepts on a one on one session   III Check In     IV Main Lesson  1 Ikaria: A Blue Zone https://youtu.be/BIWibXSOfNg?si=U6kkhgubBdLTgZJa   Question 1   What is it about this island that people live longer?  2 The most important lesson from 83,000 ...
Read more

Aug 20 - Week 1 - Meeting 2: The Circle

Image
  I Check in --------------- II   Unit: The Circle   Theme: The Circle, the Pulsation, the Group, the Body   Introduction   The circle is a frame or formation that has contained dance since ancient times. For this reason is has also being the shape used to provide dance medicine for our early human communities. To this day, the circle provides an opportunity for a type of communal embodied integration that is emotionally and psychologically healing. Dance rituals, for instance, which as stated by Halprin (2015) are dances with a purpose, have traditionally been created to affect the world. Thus, the circle, the procession, the conga, and other forms of dance rituals, have given shape to communal healing gatherings. Dance movement therapists have adopted the circle as a viable way of providing a frame for group therapy.     ---------------- III   Learning Objectives   Understand how the Cartesian model affects the body-mind connec...
Read more

Oct 22 - Week 10 - Meeting 19/ Mary Whitehouse: Authentic Movement

Image
   I   Check In   II Introduction What is Authentic Movement? Authentic Movement is a completely self-directed form in which individuals discover a movement pathway that offers a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious . Authentic Movement explores the relationship between a mover and a witness, being seen and seeing.     III Objectives  Understand the fundamental principles and nature of authentic movement Explain the need to use authentic movement as a healing practice Gain an awareness of the role of the dance movement therapist in the mover and witness relationship Experience the way authentic movement may work in a DMT session    IV Main Lesson  1 Question 1  a) Why is being authentic important?  b) What is the main dilemma presented by Gabor Mate between attachment and authenticity? 2 Analytical Psychology  https://youtu.be/uRDy4M5jI-g?si=hnxmuzUBoJ4WE8J6 (3:57 - 13:11) Question 2 a) According to Jung, wha...
Read more