Dance Movement Therapy

 


What is the purpose of dance movement therapy?

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is defined by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving health and well-being.  

https://adta.memberclicks.net/what-is-dancemovement-therapy

 

What kind of issues can dance therapy help with?

Dance and movement therapy can be used to treat a number of physical and mental health issues.

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What Dance/Movement Therapy Can Help With

 

    Anxiety.

    Arthritis.

    Chronic pain.

    Communication issues.

    Dementia.

    Depression.

    Disordered eating.

    Low self-esteem.

https://www.verywellmind.com/dance-therapy-and-eating-disorder-treatment-5094952

 

https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/dance-movement-therapy

 


DMT Ontario

https://dmto.org/

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/hope-eating-disorder-recovery/201704/what-is-dance-movement-therapy

 

https://moving-together.ca/

 

What Is Dance/Movement Therapy?

 

Dance/movement therapy, or DMT, is the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration.1

 

DMT can help people with physical health by increasing strength, improving flexibility, decreasing muscle tension, and boosting coordination. It can also offer important mental health benefits including stress reduction and even symptom relief from conditions such as anxiety and depression.

 

“DMT is a creative art psychotherapy that utilizes movement and dance to support the physical, intellectual, and emotional health of an individual,” Katie Bohn, LPC, BC-DMT, SEP, RYT, a board-certified dance/movement therapist.   

https://www.verywellmind.com/dance-therapy-and-eating-disorder-treatment-5094952 

 


SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

 

DMT for DEPRESSION

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8928931/

 

DMT, a HEALING ART

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED291746.pdf

 

https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=J1KIAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=dance+movement+therapy&ots=wTmK7sZXmh&sig=y8DVhQi_sYldJ3r-4ViRcwCIBOQ#v=onepage&q=dance%20movement%20therapy&f=false

 

https://www.iacat.ie/dance-movement-therapy

 


 

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