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The focus on the moving body and non-verbal phenomena means that Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) can support an increase in self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence, personal autonomy, and self-expression through the integration of emotional, cognitive, physical, and social aspects of self discovery of inner resources through contained creative movement play the development of tools with which to express or manage overwhelming feelings or thoughts expansion of resources and skills in communication and social interaction trust within relationships through opportunity to test the impact of self on others in a safe and contained environment space to test the relationship between inner and outer reality and opportunity to increase and rehearse adaptive coping behaviours the potential for physical, emotional, and cognitive shifts as DMP promotes experiencing links between actions, feelings, and thoughts exploration of relational and developmental issues arising from early infancy through to older age

Chloe

6/19/20251 min read

DMP can benefit individuals, couples, families, groups, and organisational teams. Dance Movement Psychotherapists work with children and adults of all ages and abilities, and with people who experience a wide range of difficulties. For example, people may be experiencing mental or emotional distress or conflict, problems with communication or information processing, difficulties with body image, physical discomfort or movement restrictions. People may be struggling with the impact of trauma or having to deal with loss, transition or change in their lives, or there may be relationship difficulties. People may be trying to deal with difficulties such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, psychoses, bereavement, post-traumatic stress, abuse, addiction, learning disabilities, sensory difficulties, physical disabilities, emotional/behavioural difficulties and autism. DMP can also support personal development by enhancing personal communication skills, self-exploration, and self-understanding.

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