Martial Arts as a Form of Adjunctive Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorSandhu, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-20T19:49:27Z
dc.date.available2024-09-20T19:49:27Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-16
dc.description.abstractThe most common treatments for individuals experiencing a mental health disorder are the use of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. Though these treatments offer benefits for many people living with a mental health disorder, there remains a population that does not experience a reduction of their mental health symptoms. Adjunctive interventions have been an effective means to aid those individuals to experience a reduction in their mental health disorders. Various adjunctive interventions have been explored in the literature. However, martial arts as an adjunctive intervention has not been fully examined. There is a vast amount of research on how exercise, mind-body interventions, mindfulness, and neural exercises individually can provide benefits for individuals living with mental health disorders. Martial arts entail all of these interventions in a group setting. In this Capstone, I examined the benefits of martial arts as a form of exercise, how it creates a mind-body connection, facilitates mindfulness, and can be a neural exercise under a polyvagal lens. A framework for a martial arts adjunctive intervention group has also been discussed for mental health professionals.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2556
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectmartial arts
dc.subjectpolyvagal theory
dc.subjectadjunctive intervention
dc.subjectmindfulness
dc.subjectmind-body intervention
dc.titleMartial Arts as a Form of Adjunctive Therapy
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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