Dance-movement therapy : the mirror of our selves: the psychoanalytic approach

Foreword by Charles Socarides.

Introduction. 1 The unity of body and mind. 2 Toward a coherent theoretical structure for dance-movement therapy. 3 Reactions of client and therapist to the clinical relationship. 4 Theory in action--the ego-psychoanalytic approach in dance-movement therapy applied. Epilogue: Aspects of dance and choreography in dance-movement therapy

'Elaine V. Siegel is a psychoanalystically trained pioneer i the use of movement therapy. She correctly asserts that, "most psychic phenomena have their residue in our bodies to be used and translated," and describes the ways and means of bringing the physical state of a patient's being into his awareness so that the stress may be reduced....' --Foreword

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