Dance Movement Therapy

The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy

Life Is Dance

The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy
  • Edited by Sharon Chaiklin, and Hilda Wengrower.

Published July 2009

The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy offers both a broad understanding and an in-depth view of how and where dance therapy can be used to produce change. The chapters go beyond the basics that characterize much of the literature on dance/movement therapy, and each of the topics…
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Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy

A Practitioner's Handbook

Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy
  • Edited by Helen Payne.

Published August 2008

Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy is the first book of its kind to explore the supervisory process in the psychotherapeutic practice of movement and dance. Helen Payne brings together international contributors to discuss how the language of the body plays an important part in the…
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Dance Movement Therapy

Theory, Research and Practice

Dance Movement Therapy
  • Edited by Helen Payne.

Published May 2006

What can dance movement contribute to psychotherapy? This thoroughly updated edition of Dance Movement Therapy echoes the increased world-wide interest in dance movement therapy and makes a strong contribution to the emerging awareness of the nature of embodiment in psychotherapy. Recent research…
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Meaning of Movement

  • By Amighi.

Published May 1999


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An Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry

  • By Kristina Stanton-Jones.

Published June 1992

Dance Movement Therapy, like the other arts therapies, can provide a safe and effective therapeutic intervention for psychiatric clients in community health care. An Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry uses historical background and extensive clinical material to introduce the…
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Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice

  • By Helen Payne.

Published April 1992

The complexity and diversity of dance movement therapy is both clarified and celebrated in the contributions to this book which documents pioneering practice in a variety of settings in the UK. Experienced dance movement therapists from many different theoretical orientations and working with a…
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Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology

The Moving Imagination

Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology
  • By Joan Chodorow.

Published January 1991

Dance/movement as active imagination was originated by Jung in 1916. Developed in the 1960s by dance therapy pioneer Mary Whitehouse, it is today both an approach to dance therapy as well as a form of active imagination in analysis. In her delightful book Joan Chodorow provides an introduction to…
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