dc.contributor.advisor |
Weber, Becca |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Hurst, Anne |
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dc.contributor.author |
Henderson-Wraight, Mackenzie |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-09-23T02:08:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-09-23T02:08:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/56639 |
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dc.description |
Full Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
While dance/movement therapy has been used in the treatment of eating disorders in other
countries (Krueger & Schofield, 1986; Padrão & Coimbra, 2011), this application of
dance/movement therapy in the New Zealand context is unknown. As a profession,
dance/movement therapy is relatively young in New Zealand (Capello, 2015), and as a
psychotherapeutic intervention based upon the body and movement, dance/movement therapy
is uniquely positioned to treat eating disorders because they are mental health conditions with
physical manifestations (Hay et al., 2014). In this research, dance/movement therapy is
understood through the use of Laban Movement Analysis as a method of inspecting the
qualities of movement (Moore, 2014). This thesis seeks to provide answers to the question,
what are a dance/movement therapist’s experiences of Laban Movement Analysis in eating
disorder treatment within the New Zealand context?
Data was collected through an individual semi-structured interview with one interviewee, then
analysed through a thematic analysis of narrative. This involved creating a narrative from the
interviewee's experiences of delivering dance/movement therapy to people with eating
disorders in New Zealand and abroad, then uncovering the major themes present across the
narrative. These results were connected to literature of other dance/movement therapists’
experiences, and further triangulated with my own experiences. The results show that a
multitude of relationships were key considerations within this dance/movement therapist's
approach. In the New Zealand context, an outpatient client group with homogenous diagnoses
within the public healthcare system made delivering dance/movement therapy challenging for
the interviewee. The interviewee did not use Laban Movement Analysis in their practice,
although they used Laban Movement Analysis terms to describe their clients' movements
which aligned with other practitioners' experiences. The therapist's subjectivity was present
across all themes. Novel findings were uncovered, such as a developmental progression
between the space and effort sections of Laban Movement Analysis, and the conceptualisation
of client's movements within Laban Movement Analysis' action drive and diagonal scale.
Additionally, this research concludes that Laban Movement Analysis is hardly used by this
New Zealand dance/movement therapist working with eating disorders, which may be
reflective of the system's disuse in the wider New Zealand context. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Full Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Weight Effort and Weight Loss: A Dance/Movement Therapist's Experiences of Laban Movement Analysis in Eating Disorder Treatment Within New Zealand |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Dance Movement Therapy |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-07-25T20:58:41Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: the author |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112955475 |
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