How to mind the body in the psychotherapy of patients with personality disorders

 

Submission type

Symposium

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Kernwoorden

Personality-disorders Non-verbal-communication Embodiment Intersubjectivity Dance

Onderzoeksgebied

Art & expressive therapies

Beknopte samenvatting van de totale bijdrage

This symposium offers an introduction to non-verbal psychotherapeutic approaches in the treatment of personality disorders. Speakers will present theoretical frame works on relevant concepts, such as embodiment, experiential engagement and intersubjectivity. The presentations will show integration of non-verbal and movement related interventions in individual and group treatment for personality disorders.

Auteurs

NO abstract , only 3 speakers

Samaritter, R. (Rosemarie)

 

Abstract ID

1228

Submission type

Oral only

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Introductie

NO abstract , only 3 speakers

Auteurs

The relevance of the nonverbal in psychotherapy for personality disorders.

Samaritter, R. (Rosemarie)

 

Abstract ID

1217

Submission type

Oral only

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Introductie

This presentation will introduce a novel perspective to psychotherapy of personality disorders that combines verbal psychotherapy with nonverbal approaches. Patients with PD often describe a numbness with regards to bodily sensations. The experience of being disconnected from the own body hinders the direct perception of self-related signals, like somatic markers of emotions. The development of a felt sense of self in the relation between self and the other, is the result of early dyadic interactional experiences and cerebral maturation. Disturbances in these interactions may lead to a diminished ability to recognise e-motions which in turn may affect the ability to reflect on the personal situation. A body-oriented approach aims at inviting patients into embodied experiences and into a therapeutic alliance that is characterised by highly attuned non-verbal responsiveness on the side of the therapist. This approach may serve as a complementary intervention to verbal psychotherapy to help patients to develop towards embodied affect regulation and mentalisation as well as self-reflective narratives. The presentation will offer the theoretical frame of reference for a psychotherapeutic approach that integrates non-verbal interventions and will highlight specific interventions that allow to meet patients in their pre-verbal and pre-scenic experiences as to develop towards embodied intersubjectivity.

Auteurs

The art of self-functioning; Dance Movement Therapy with patients with personality disorder

Kleinlooh, S (Simone)

 

Abstract ID

1218

Submission type

Oral only

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Introductie

An area of concern in the treatment of patients with personality disorder across the various categorical types are two aspects of self-functioning; identity and self-directedness. The way these aspects emerge and develop depends on bodily experiences and perceptions of these patients in childhood and adolescence. In dance movement therapy patients can re-experience and perceive their body in different ways in which specifically dance furthers the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration. Patients are invited into 'lived experiences' that take place in real time, sharing them with others. This can be fun and fulfilling however, motor activity and especially dancing can also evoke unpleasant images, memories or 'not yet bearable' feelings as moving and being moved happens simultaneously. Offering interventions that elicit spontaneity for the creation of meaningful new experiences and at the same time prevent affective deregulation in patients with personality disorder can be a challenge. Within this context specific dance-informed interventions are presented that in itself address the patients self-functioning, their identity and self-directedness. Patients can are enabled to transform into the choreographer or composer of their own unique dance. The presentation of the interventions within such process will be supported by experiential structures, theoretical concepts and film-material.

Auteurs

The importance of group containment in Dance Movement Therapy.

Leferink op Reinink, M (Monique)

 

Abstract ID

1219

Submission type

Oral only

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Introductie

In the treatment of patients with personality disorders (PD) a negative conception of the self and inadequate interaction patterns appear to be the most difficult to change. Research shows that core conceptions of the self are not only cognitive, but embodied as well. Furthermore, group treatment for patients with PD offers several ways of therapeutic intervening and is as effective as individual psychotherapy. Necessary is the use of group dynamics together with a clear method of working. By working in a group with dance movement therapy as the treatment method, self-image and interaction patterns become clearly visible. As shame and defence mechanisms are important themes when patients express themselves bodily, a good containment of the group is very important for a successful outcome. This demands for creating safety and a strong cohesion in the group, balancing between differences and similarities, handling resistance, taking care of constructive group norms and handling destructive forces. This presentation will focus on ways of handling such within the context of group psychotherapy and dance movement therapy.

Auteurs