Pregledni rad

Dance movement therapy in the concept of expressive arts-therapy

Renata Martinec ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Motor Disturbances, Chronic Diseases and Art Therapies, Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Dance Movement Therapy is a complementary method which includes using and analyzing of different aspects of body-experience and body-expression such us movement, mimics, pantomime, touch…
In Dance Movement Therapy body is dominant media of therapeutic process. So this kind of therapy may have positive influence on physiological awareness, body expression of emotions, inducing unconscious impulses, and improving new strategies of behaviour through exploring new patterns and qualities of movement, and integration of cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects in person.
In this article some main aspects of dance movement therapy are described such as historical and theoretical background, observation and assessment elements, as well as methods and therapeutic influence in the frame of individual or group process.

Ključne riječi

expressive arts-therapy; dance movement therapy; movement quality assessment; methods of interventions; therapeutic influence

Hrčak ID:

109428

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/109428

Datum izdavanja:

4.11.2013.

Posjeta: 4.945 *