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The Impact of Touch in Dance Movement Psychotherapy - A Body-Mind Centering Approach (Paperback, New edition)
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The Impact of Touch in Dance Movement Psychotherapy - A Body-Mind Centering Approach (Paperback, New edition)
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This book explores the therapeutic use of touch, focusing on an
in-depth case study of work in an NHS setting with a client with
learning disabilities, and situating this within a wide theoretical
context. This is a unique and influential study illustrating the
impact of touch in dance movement psychotherapy and laying the
ground for a theory on the use of touch in Dance Movement
Psychotherapy (DMP). The case study illustrates the impact of touch
upon the therapeutic relationship with the use of video
transcription and descriptive reflexive accounts of the session
content. The case analysis sections establish the ground for a
paradigm shift, and for emergent theory and methods in support of
the use of touch in Dance Movement Psychotherapy and other
contexts. The role touch takes is beyond its affect, which expands
our understanding of its potency as an intervention. The writing is
embedded in many years of practice-led-research in the field of
dance and somatic practices, in particular Body-Mind Centering (R)
and Contact Improvisation, in which touching and being touched is
met with curiosity as a place of insight and revelation, beyond the
bounds of taboo and social diktat. The study considers the
philosophical landscape of both touch and non-touch. This book
explores and reflects upon the use of touch, considering the wider
context and socially imposed perceptions that would prevent touch
from taking place - including philosophical and social discourses.
Through telling the story of a client case, the book offers a
wealth of thought-provoking content to inspire continued dialogue.
Key strengths of this book are the depth, warmth and perceptiveness
of the case history, and the way in which this is successfully
linked with theory. Particular attention is paid to embodied
cognition and exosystemic theory, the two leading developments of
current thinking. With the ethical, practical and philosophical
content, the book will be of interest to psychotherapists, health
and social care practitioners, as well as arts in health
practitioners and beneficiaries in educational programs and
settings. Primary readership will be among DMP psychotherapists,
body psychotherapists, drama therapists, Body Mind Centering (R)
practitioners, arts in health practitioners, people working with
clients with learning disabilities and any practitioner and
researcher interested in understanding the role touch may play in
the psychotherapeutic encounter.
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