Online structured dance/movement therapy reduces bodily detachment in depersonalization-derealization disorder.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice May 2023 L S Merritt Millman, Elaine C M Hunter, Devin B. Terhune et al.
Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DDD) is a dissociative disorder encompassing pronounced disconnections from the self and from external reality. As DDD is inherently tied to a detachment from the body, dance/movement therapy could provide an innovative treatment approach. We developed two online dance tasks to reduce detachment either by training body awareness (BA task) or enhancing...
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2023.101749 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Dance/movement therapy
Depersonalization-derealization disorder
Dissociative disorders
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