Date of Award
8-9-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling (MA)
Department
Creative Arts Therapies
First Advisor
Imus, Susan
Second Advisor
Downey, Laura
Third Advisor
Allen, Laura
Keywords
dance/movement therapy, heuristic study, experience, role, therapist, councelor, peer, student.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the roles I experience and how these roles inform my new role as an emerging dance/movement therapist. A qualitative heuristic study was used to explore the experience in the roles of student, peer, family member, and therapist. Data was collected through unstructured and semi-structured journaling, as well as journaling that occurred in response to movement sessions at the end of each data collection week. Movement sessions were structured in a way that each role was explored and then journaled about to find more depth in the data from the previous week. After analyzing and synthesizing the data the results revealed characteristics including behaviors, demeanors, and expectations that are indicative of each role. Connections between roles were also found among the family, peer, and therapist role separately from the connection between the therapist and student role. A dance piece was created as a creative synthesis, which sought to express my experience of each role and the interconnected relationships among these preexisting and professional roles. 92 pages.
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Recommended Citation
Justin, Patrick Thomas, "Role Exploration: A Heuristic Study Into How Various Roles Influence the Role of Emerging Dance/Movement Therapist" (2017). Creative Arts Therapies Theses. 86.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/theses_dmt/86