Selected publications

Journal articles

Dumaresq, E. & McFerran, K. (2025). Dance therapy and the criminal justice system: considering traditional and critical perspectives in prison, forensic mental health and addiction work. Arts in Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2025.102250  

Dumaresq, E. (2023) Fun, Fitness, and Relaxation: Using Participatory Research to Explore Dance/Movement Therapy with Women Navigating the Criminal Justice System in Australia. Am J Dance Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-023-09386-5

Dumaresq, E. & McFerran, K. (2024). A Critical and Interpretive Synthesis of Arts-Based Methods used by dance therapy researchers: A perspective from the creative arts therapies, Methods in Psychology  

Dumaresq, E., McDonald, D., Lauren. (2024). Voices to be Heard: An Arts, Health and Justice Perspective on Healing and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse. (Eds. S. Owen & D. Lyon). University of Melbourne. DOI: 10.26188/27167280.  

Book Chapters

Dumaresq, E and Puloka, R (2022). Dance/movement therapy, trauma, and criminalization: Reflecting on feminist and participatory approaches. In Dieterich-Hartell, R and Melsom, A (2022). Dance/movement therapy for Trauma Survivors: Theoretical, Clinical and Cultural Perspectives. Routledge. 

McFerran K.S., Song J.E.., Musicka-Williams A., Dumaresq E., Bibb J. (2021) Creative Arts Therapies as Social Inclusion Promotion. In: Liamputtong P. (eds) Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48277-0_121-1 

PhD

Dumaresq, E. (2020). Exploring the possibilities of dance movement therapy with women in the criminal justice system and their supporting communities. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258920