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sissy is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, embodied movement psychotherapist and supervisor. She trained as a dancer before injury intervened. A Scholar of the A. S. Onassis Foundation, she then retrained as a psychotherapist in Athens and London and now practices in London privately and in community psychotherapy projects for children under five years of age and their parents/carers. After many years of lecturing in psychotherapy programmes and leading two Master's degrees, she is now an independent scholar and lectures on several university and professional training programmes in the UK and Europe.sissy’s professional experience includes research posts in EU projects for the Universities of Heidelberg and Athens, editorial board membership of international journals, book and journal publications, and steering group membership of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility. She was, also, the clinical community and outreach lead of Stillpoint Spaces London, an innovative international community of therapists.sissy is interested in the interplay between psychotherapy, the arts and politics. www.lykoucounselling.co.uk
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Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2018
ABSTRACT Dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) has contributed relatively little to literature and r... more ABSTRACT Dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) has contributed relatively little to literature and research on the topic of sexuality. Starting with a critical and thematic literature review from 1976 to the present day, attention is drawn to absences in theory, biases in practice, and an overall neglect of approaches to sexuality that employ fluid perspectives. This theoretical paper integrates perspectives from psychodynamic, person-centred, feminist and queer theories to engage with the history of DMP as a clinical discipline. Seven specific reasons are offered as to why the fullness of sexuality has tended to be avoided or ignored in DMP, and suggestions are made concerning how the profession can move forward.
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2016
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2018
Abstract The paper focuses on the use of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) as an expressive and ... more Abstract The paper focuses on the use of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) as an expressive and experiential approach to working therapeutically with children up to five years old with learning difficulties/differences. It considers the many ways in which to approach therapeutic work with this client group whilst retaining a committed interest in the wider public conversation. The questions asked concern what kind of learning ‘differences’ are perceived as learning ‘difficulties’, and what happens to children who suffer from a gap in provision due to their invisible needs. The paper also gives an informative outline of early years’ provision in the UK, a description of the author’s early years DMP projects at children’s centres, and an account of a session. The author utilises perspectives derived from the person-centred and psychodynamic approaches. Additional understandings stem from the use of the Kestenberg Movement Profile, a movement analysis tool used both for assessment and intervention.
Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy, 2017
Trauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies, 2020
and sharing with colleagues.
We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of... more We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of our details on changes.
We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of... more We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of our details on changes.
Therapeutic use of dance Meta-analysis Review of evidence-based research Randomized controlled tr... more Therapeutic use of dance Meta-analysis Review of evidence-based research Randomized controlled trials Integrative medicine a b s t r a c t
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2018
ABSTRACT Dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) has contributed relatively little to literature and r... more ABSTRACT Dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) has contributed relatively little to literature and research on the topic of sexuality. Starting with a critical and thematic literature review from 1976 to the present day, attention is drawn to absences in theory, biases in practice, and an overall neglect of approaches to sexuality that employ fluid perspectives. This theoretical paper integrates perspectives from psychodynamic, person-centred, feminist and queer theories to engage with the history of DMP as a clinical discipline. Seven specific reasons are offered as to why the fullness of sexuality has tended to be avoided or ignored in DMP, and suggestions are made concerning how the profession can move forward.
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2016
Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2018
Abstract The paper focuses on the use of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) as an expressive and ... more Abstract The paper focuses on the use of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) as an expressive and experiential approach to working therapeutically with children up to five years old with learning difficulties/differences. It considers the many ways in which to approach therapeutic work with this client group whilst retaining a committed interest in the wider public conversation. The questions asked concern what kind of learning ‘differences’ are perceived as learning ‘difficulties’, and what happens to children who suffer from a gap in provision due to their invisible needs. The paper also gives an informative outline of early years’ provision in the UK, a description of the author’s early years DMP projects at children’s centres, and an account of a session. The author utilises perspectives derived from the person-centred and psychodynamic approaches. Additional understandings stem from the use of the Kestenberg Movement Profile, a movement analysis tool used both for assessment and intervention.
Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy, 2017
Trauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies, 2020
and sharing with colleagues.
We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of... more We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of our details on changes.
We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of... more We would like to thank the reviewers for their comments and addressed each one in this outline of our details on changes.