Dance movement therapy : a creative psychotherapeutic approach / Bonnie Meekums

Includes references and an index

PART ONE: MAPPING THE TERRITORY The Regional Map An Overview of This Book The Detailed Map DMT as a Creative Psychotherapy PART TWO: THE JOURNEY Preparation Warming up and Getting Started Incubation and Illumination Letting Go into the Darkness and Seeing a Light Evaluation The Final Campfire

Dance Movement Therapy is a concise, practical introduction to a form of therapy, which has the body-mind relationship at its center. Movement, with both its physical and metaphorical potential, provides a unique medium through which clients can find expression, reach new interpretations and ultimately achieve a greater integration of their emotional and physical experience. In the book, Bonnie Meekums maps the origins of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) and its relationship to other, more traditional forms of therapy. Outlining a new model for DMT, she describes the creative process, which develops in cycles throughout each session and over the course of therapy. The stages in this creative, psychotherapeutic process are described as: - preparation - incubation - illumination - and evaluation. Illustrated throughout with vivid case examples, the book defines the role of the therapist in working with clients to bring about change. This is a practical and accessible guide, which will help new trainees become oriented within the field of DMT. It also has much to offer practicing psychotherapists who wish to develop more holistic and creative ways of meeting their clients' needs.