Harris, D. A. (2007). Dance/movement therapy approaches to fostering resilience and recovery among African adolescent torture survivors. Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 17(2): 134-155.
Dance/movement therapy (DMT) interventions, if designed to promote cultural relevance and community ownership, may enhance healing among African adolescent survivors of war and organized violence. The author posits a theoretical rationale for body movement-based approaches to psychosocial rehabilitation and offers DMT’s holism as evidence of transcultural applicability.
Link is to full article, page 134, freely available.
https://irct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Volume-17-No.-2.pdf
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