Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness: Treating Somatic and Psychic Distress Tortora Suzi
This book presents dance/movement therapy as a window into the emotional and internal experience of a baby with a medical illness, within the context of treating the whole family system and using the…
Specifikacia Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness: Treating Somatic and Psychic Distress Tortora Suzi
This book presents dance/movement therapy as a window into the emotional and internal experience of a baby with a medical illness, within the context of treating the whole family system and using the DC 0-5 as the basis for formulating the clinical situation.This book fills a gap in the literature bringing a variety of fields together including infant mental health, infant and child psychiatry, nonverbal movement analysis, and the creative arts therapies. Grounded in a biopsychosocial perspective, dance/movement therapy is introduced as the main treatment modality, using nonverbal expression as a means of communication, and dance and music activities as intervention tools, to support the child and family. Case studies are presented throughout the book both during and years after the medical experience, taking into consideration the subtle and more obvious effects of illness