dc.contributor.author | Ekerholt, Kirsten | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schau, Grete | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mathismoen, Karen Marie | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bergland, Astrid | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-29T08:10:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-29T08:10:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ekerholt, K., Schau, G., Mathismoen, K. M., & Bergland, A. (2014). Body awareness-a vital aspect in mentalization: experiences from concurrent and reciprocal therapies. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 30(5), 312-318. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0959-3985 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 989663 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/2580 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background
: A psychomotor physiotherapist and a clinical psychologist had collaborated on
patients consistently for several years, when their individual therapeutic approach had turned
out to be insufficient.
Aim
: The aim of this study was to investigate the therapists’
understanding of their patients and the therapeutic processes they had been involved in,
and to develop concepts in order to understand the concurrent therapeutic processes.
Design
and method
: This qualitative study is based on a grounded theory approach. The two
strategically chosen therapists participated in ‘‘mini focus-group’’ interviews, in data transcrip-
tion and in the analyzing process.
Findings
: Three empirical categories emerged from the
therapists’ experiences. The core category ‘‘Body awareness: a vital aspect in mentalization’’ was
comprised of two main categories: (1) ‘‘The over-stretched children in the grown-up patients’’;
and (2) ‘‘The traumatized children in the grown-up patients’’.
Conclusion
: Reduced body
awareness seemed to correspond with lacking or fragmented memories of their own life
history. Body awareness was a vital aspect in the therapeutic processes. Future challenges
seemed to become manageable for the patients once they had realized that the resources for
coping with these demands were available within themselves. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Informa Healthcare | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Physiotherapy theory and practice;30(5) | en_US |
dc.subject | Body awareness | en_US |
dc.subject | Dissociation | en_US |
dc.subject | Dynamic psychoanalytical psychotherapy | en_US |
dc.subject | Mentalization | en_US |
dc.subject | Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Klinisk psykologi: 262 | en_US |
dc.title | Body awareness – a vital aspect in mentalization: experiences from concurrent and reciprocal therapies | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09593985.2013.876562 | |