Overview

Dance movement therapy is the use of creative movement and dance in a therapeutic alliance. It uses the relationship between motion and emotion as a vehicle through which an individual can engage in personal integration towards a clearer definition of self. During the last ten years dance movement therapy, along with the other arts therapies, has consolidated as a separate and valid therapy in health, education, the voluntary and social services. Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice gives dance movement therapists and students, as well as allied professionals, an insight into state-of-the-art DMT practice in the UK. The first book to document UK practice, it provides a clear and balanced picture of representative work in the field, from its use with the mentally ill, learning-disabled and emotionally disturbed, through to high-functioning adults. The contributors reflect the adaptability of the discipline and celebrate the diversity of DMT. Including both descriptive accounts and those based on research and academic scholarship, they highlight the different methods used within different settings. No one model is stressed, as each reader will wish to think about the most appropriate model for their own working context. Each chapter has a consistent format within which articulation of the needs of specific client groups is balanced with the constraints of setting by drawing on both relevant research and clinical material. Case illustrations, both poignant and revealing, give a step-by-step description of what actually happens in a session.

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Author:   Helen Payne (Professor of Psychotherapy, University of Hertfordshire)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780415056601

ISBN 10:   0415056608
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 April 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Helen Payne, Introduction. Bonnie Meekums, The Love Bugs: Dance Movement Therapy in a Family Service Unit. Helen Payne, Shut In, Shut Out: Dance Movement Therapy with Children and Adolescents. Susan Stockley, Older Lives, Older Dances: Dance Movement Therapy with the Elderly. Gayle Leibwoitz, Individual Dance Movement Therapy in a Psychiatric Hospital. Kristina Stanton, Imagery and Metaphor in the Dance Movement Therapy Group: A Psychiatric Out-Patient Setting. Monika Steiner, Alternatives in Psychiatry: Dance Movement Therapy in the Community. Kedzie Penfield, Individual Movement Psychotherapy: Dance Movement Therapy in Private Practice. Amelie Noack, On a Jungian Approach to Dance Movement Therapy. Jeanette Mac Konald, Dance? Of Course I Can!: Dance Movement Therapy for People with Learning Difficulties. Pamela Ramsden, The Acation Profile: Movement Assessment for Self Development. Paul Tosey, The Snake Sheds a Skin: Themes of Order and Chaos in Dance Movement Therapy. Afterword. Appendix: Training, Addresses, Journals, Development of Training in DMT in Britain.

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