Play in body psychotherapy

IF 0.4 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.1080/17432979.2023.2261513

Jessica Eve

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Abstract

AbstractFrom a body psychotherapy perspective, clients are often seeking ways to cope with issues stemming from early traumas. Yet body psychotherapy is concerned with more than just helping people to become ‘untraumatised’; it endeavours to support the client’s reconnection with their essential nature, or core state, which is characterised by creativity, compassion, joy, curiosity, intuition, and playfulness. The purpose of this essay is to increase curiosity about, and contribute to the reflection on, the use of play in psychotherapy. By integrating theory, clinical vignettes, and the author’s personal reflections (as student, therapist and client), the author will explore how play can assist body psychotherapy clients with trauma-recovery, how it is implicit in a client’s progression towards vibrant wellbeing within body psychotherapy, and how (re)learning how to play can lead to radical change on both a personal and societal level.Keywords: Body psychotherapyplaysomatictraumabody Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Additional informationNotes on contributorsJessica EveJessica Eve is a trainee body psychotherapist with Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre.

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玩身体心理疗法

摘要从身体心理治疗的角度来看，来访者经常寻求解决早期创伤问题的方法。然而，身体心理疗法所关注的不仅仅是帮助人们“不受创伤”;它努力支持客户与他们的本质或核心状态重新联系，其特征是创造力、同情心、欢乐、好奇心、直觉和游戏性。这篇文章的目的是增加好奇心，并有助于反思，在心理治疗中使用游戏。通过整合理论、临床小插曲和作者的个人反思(作为学生、治疗师和客户)，作者将探索游戏如何帮助身体心理治疗的客户进行创伤恢复，它如何隐含在客户在身体心理治疗中走向充满活力的健康，以及如何(重新)学习如何玩耍可以导致个人和社会层面的根本变化。关键词:身体心理治疗游戏身体创伤披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。作者简介jessica Eve是剑桥身体心理治疗中心的一名实习身体心理治疗师。

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Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy is an international, peer-reviewed journal exploring the relationship between body and mind and focusing on the significance of the body and movement in the therapeutic setting. It is the only scholarly journal wholly dedicated to the growing fields of body (somatic) psychotherapy and dance movement therapy. The body is increasingly being recognized as a vehicle for expression, insight and change. The journal encourages broad and in-depth discussion of issues relating to research activities, theory, clinical practice, professional development and personal reflections.