Feb 04, 2006 15:30
Reading about dance therapy makes me want to find a good dance therapist and start having sessions. Were I less lazy (or, alternatively, less involved in trying to finish said reading) I would quote some of the articles that lead me to say this.
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Here's a lengthy quote from Daria Halprin (Chapter 7 of Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy, edited by Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine), which seems to summarize the theory behind it.
Movement is the very basis of life. This simple reality is reflected in the natural world, in the internal world of our physical bodies, and in our everyday social world...The body is full of information about who we are, how we feel, and what we think -- a living body anthologyWhen we hold all these stories on an unconscious level, when we have no opportunity to creatively explore and express our stories, the body starts screaming out in one form or another, emerging as physical, emotional or mental distress. Usually, we act and live as if our ( ... )
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Social work in jokes are the best.
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