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This digital document is a journal article from The Arts in Psychotherapy, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper describes dance/movement therapy (DMT) with children ages 5-8 on a short-term inpatient psychiatric unit in a major teaching hospital. The authors contend that DMT is a valuable treatment modality for creating cohesion in groups of children who have previously been chaotic and disorganized. They also contend that this sense of cohesion provides support, and a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere in which the children are able to work toward attaining therapeutic goals. The development of body image, self-awareness, and awareness of others are important components of DMT sessions described in this paper, and serve as the foundation upon which cohesion is built. To illustrate the effectiveness of DMT in promoting group cohesion, a specific session is described. Changes in behavior that were observed in the group, and on the unit, included improved impulse control, frustration tolerance, gratification delay, and ability to get along with others. ... Read more

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East to use guide to a new form of therapy, with history of the movement. illustrated ... Read more

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Marian Chace-The Original Healer
Foundations of Dance/Movement Therapy: The Life and Work of Marian Chace is an excellent example of the mind/body connection that our society does not recognize.Marian Chace was the first person to explore the use of dance in helping to work through problems. The book focuses on Chace's history and how dance/movement therapy came to exsist.Sections of the book are devoted to modern dance therapists views of Chace's work and what it was like to work with Chace for some of them.Some chapters include journal entries written by Chace herself.A large portion is devoted to the basic principles of dance/movement therapy and how it is used in our modern society.One essay also discusses the use of psychoanalytic theory in dance/movement therapy. I highly recomend this book if you have any interest in psychology, dance therapy, dance or if you are looking for an alternative type of therapy.Dance therapy has proven to be very useful over the years, starting with the amazingwork that Chace accomplished in her years as a dance/movement therapist. ... Read more

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With a focus on gender-based research, this book offers a unique look at the perception of gender and the impact of gender biases and predispositions on the couple and the client-therapist relationship. The book offers essential theoretical coverage with an emphasis on application. An in-depth case study takes readers through specific phases of couples therapy, from the first interview through termination, and always through the "lens" of gender. The book's concrete guidelines for assessment and intervention--particularly regarding common impasses in the treatment process--is especially helpful in the examination of this growing and ever-changing field. ... Read more

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health.
This 5-vol. set provides more than 850 entries covering topics in nursing and allied health written for students and professionals in the field. Alphabetically arranged entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. The Encyclopedia covers all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, dental assistance, pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, the set features approximately 400 photographs and illustrations; appendices of related organizations, agencies and associations; and a general index.

Published/Released: November 2001

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.A book of wise and healing guidance from one of America's greatest dancers who personally embodies the potential of celebrating life after cancer.It serves as a guide to understanding the emotional processes of a health crisis, as well as giving clear guidelines for how to work with these insights-a vital resource for family members and friends, teachers, helpers, healers. ... Read more

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Brilliant! A must-read book!
In the area of dance and healing the name Anna Halprin, Ph.D. is a beacon of hope and strength. And, in the area of cancer support and education, Anna's name is legend. This prolific author, dancer and healer now brings us Dance as a Healing Art, whichhows us the connection between dance and spirituality as a means to fight cancer, AIDS and other terminal illnesses.

Anna Halprin, now 80 years old and a cancer survivor herself, brings not only years of experience and training in her art and craft, she brings vast quantities of love and understanding. Dance as a Healing Art exposes the viability of movement as a"...vehicle for releasing feelings which are essential to the healing process. Repressed or incongruent emotions shut down the immune system, causing pain and illness" relates Dr. Halprin.

Dance as a Healing Art, by definition, is an effective guide to healing for both teacher as well as student. It is filled with lessons to facilitate understanding of getting in touch with yourself (or patient) both physically as well as emotionally and spiritually.

Anna Halprin re-defines ritual to refer "...to an artistic process by which people gather and unify themselves in order to confront the challenges of their existence". That, in turn, defines Dance as a Healing Art as a process that enables the person in a health crisis to reach within and apply their emotional and spiritual healing tools to help.

Dance as a Healing Art is a powerful book from a pioneer and innovator. Anna Halprin offers a healing modality that uplifts by implementing a healing process through movement and imagery. This is a book, in this reviewer's opinion, not only for the stricken, but for the well!

Life enhancing reading for patients, family & care providers
Dance As A Healing Art: Returning To Health With Movement & Imagery is based on Anna Halprin's many years of practical experience in collaborative programs incorporating modern American dance with treatment protocols forcancer and AIDS patients. Dance As A Healing Art is a vital, innovativeresource and practical, effective guide for people involved with any kindof chronic health crisis, -- including terminal illnesses. As a cancersurvivor herself, eighty year old Anna Halprin brings a genuineauthenticity to her presentation, offering uplifting insights and thewisdom off a great creative artist, teacher, and facilitator for healing.Dance As A Healing Art is highly recommended, life enhancing reading formedical care providers, patients, and their families. ... Read more

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AWARENESSOFJOY
"What is unique about dance/movement therapy is that it is the patients' feelings as expressed through movement, not the therapist, that provides the structure and influences the direction of therapy" (xi, 100, 106, 162, 185).So the therapist engages with and supports patients' expressions of their own inherent healing powers (3, 27-30, 34, 54, 68, 132, 163).Upon this central dynamic truth Linda Behar-Horenstein and Jane Ganet-Sigel begin *The Art and Practice of Dance/Movement Therapy*, with its rich tapestry of commentary and case studies (Needham Heights, Massachusetts:Pearson, 1999, 209 pages).In a sense, I believe, this work is a biography of Jane Ganet-Sigel's magnificent career and contributions.Linda Behar-Horenstein's research underscores this.

Jane Ganet-Sigel, A.D.T.R., C.S.W., began the Graduate Department of Dance/Movement Therapy at Columbia College Chicago in 1982.A charter member in 1966 of the American Dance Therapy Association, she pioneered the organization of dance/movement therapy in the American Midwest and has taught around the world (*Art*, 44, 49-54).

Having just cried and laughed and cheered through the movie *Billy Elliot*, and graduated a few years ago from the dance/movement therapy program under Jane Ganet-Sigel, I appreciate how she has tackled the nitty-gritty problems of clients and of teaching, sometimes absent in neat abstract presentations of processes (*Art*, 98, 110, 132.)

Many people do not like their bodies.They live much of their lifetimes with movements restricted by emotional scenes and scripts within their body parts as much as their minds.Their potential is diminished and discouraged.

Beyond only verbal interchange and proliferation of various cognitive therapies, however, persons today find atmospheres and settings, conducive to body movement, which expand the range of their self-awareness and rhythmic sense of joy (*Art*, 10, 13, 14, 17, 28).They receive and stimulate socialization.The movements are affectively improvisational and not formal steps as such.The therapist facilitates this.This multifaceted process is called dance/movement therapy.The American Dance Therapy Association and others have additional definitions (*Art*, 10, 69, 167, 169).

Though therapists will be more interested in the book's technical sections, its reader will find that the body is her/his primary means of self-expression and a major channel of emotional healing.The value of this book's concrete descriptions far exceeds its recurrent typographical slips (e.g., Chicago Reed for *Read* Hospital, 22, 24, 38, 40, 132; "cannot . . . cannot," 186; "he" for "she . . . Mahler," 143).

And most of all, readers will benefit from the how-to's of working with clients' agendas instead of imposing their own, skills that Jane Ganet-Sigel superbly conveyed to many grateful students including myself.

Review by Dr. Charles G. Yopst, D.Min., D.T.R.

Interesting and well written review of the best practices in
This is a well written review of the best practices in Movement/Dance therapy. Especially for use with special needs clients - I was most taken with the Chapter on the client who was non-verbal - we may have a candidatefor this type of therapy in my family. Great writing style! ... Read more

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Excellent resource for novices and the experienced
This is a book about dance therapy written by a practitioner. It is written in a personal style rather than academic and speaks to what dance therapy is and how it is practiced.It gives a way of thinking about it that evokes one's own experiences and allows self-questioning.Joan Lewin is a beautiful writer and the book itself is beautful graphically. I highly recommend this book for all readers. ... Read more

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Monograph No. 1 of 1971 and Second Annual Proceedings of 1967. ... Read more

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An Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry begins with the early history of the use of DMT with psychiatric patients, and goes on to describe present-day theories and practice. Using extensive clinical examples drawn from her own professional experience, Kristina Stanton-Jones illustrates differing theoretical approaches in action with both individuals and groups.

The text provides outlines of the psychodynamic, Jungian, ego-psychoanalytic, and Gestalt schools, together with a description of group work from various approaches, including psychoanalytically informed work and methods derived from Irvin Yalom's existential perspective. It examines these approaches in the contexts of both long-term patients and high-functioning out-patient groups. Stanton-Jones describes a new "symbolic" approach to DMT which combines the theories of Bion and Winnicott with traditional DMT methods. She stresses how the imagery and metaphor that arise during the process can be used to provide a safe, contained structure for exploration of psychiatric patients' emotional issues. ... Read more