1. Safe space in dance therapy – a phenomenological inquiry.
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Erkkilä, Meri and Samaritter, Rosemarie
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CONFINED spaces (Work environment) ,DANCE therapy ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,RESEARCH methodology ,ECOLOGY ,INTERVIEWING ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,COMPARATIVE studies ,BODY movement ,DEMENTIA ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DANCE ,JUDGMENT sampling ,THEMATIC analysis ,PATIENT-professional relations ,PATIENT safety ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) - Abstract
A space, where the client feels safe, is necessary for therapeutic process. Its importance seems to be implicitly understood and agreed upon across different schools of psychotherapy. However, what it means and how it appears in therapy has not been clearly described before. This paper presents the findings from the first author's master thesis, which sought to answer the question 'Why is safe space important in dance therapy, and how do dance therapists define and create it in their practice?'. This phenomenological inquiry originated from a need to translate the experiential phenomenon of safe space into words. It is a first attempt to investigate safe space in depth and to provide a definition of its essence in dance movement therapy. Findings from this research describe working methods and interventions for safe space as well as qualities that therapists can embody to help their clients feel safe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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