Dance movement psychotherapy is for anyone needing or wanting support in their

psychological and emotional health.

 

Reasons for attending Dance Movement Psychotherapy might be:                          

 

• Coping with loss or change

• Difficult to manage behaviour

• Lack of social engagement

• Improving concentration and attentiveness

• Raising body awareness and maintaining mobility

• Living with a physical disability

• Working through the impact of trauma

• Engaging with sensory processing

• Lacking motivation and self-esteem

• Mental health problems

• Dementia

• Coping with the emotional impact of long-term illness

• Issues around gender and sexual identity

 

If you are thinking of having Dance Movement Psychotherapy sessions here are some helpful tips to have in mind:

 

• Therapists support you to show how you are thinking and feeling.

 

 

• Talking, dancing and thinking help you find the best way to share your thoughts and to be understood.

 

 

 

 

 

                       Talking                                                                                                                  Thinking

                                                                                      Dancing

 

• When words are not enough, we respond to each other using sound, rhythm, posture and gesture.

 

 

• Sessions need to feel safe so we work in a trusting relationship.

 

 

 

 

• You do not need previous dance experience to attend sessions

 

 

 It is good to

 

• be more aware of your body

• think about your body.

• move differently

• express needs, moods & feelings

• manage difficult feelings and behaviours

 

 

       

 BENEFITS

 

• Increased body awareness & body image

• Enhanced movement ability, mobility and co-ordination

• Accessing creative expression

• Improvement of self esteem

• Development of relating and communication skills

• Enrichment of social skills & interaction

• Greater understanding of personal space

• Greater understanding of safe and appropriate touch

• Development of coping strategies

• Development of observation skills

• Greater self-regulation of difficult to manage behaviour

• Discovering a wider range of verbal and non verbal means of expressing needs, moods and feelings

• Enhancing overall well-being