Table of Contents

Preface Payne. Introduction - Embodiment in Action Payne. Opening Doors: Dance Movement Therapy with People with Dementia Kowarzik. Dance Movement Therapy in the Community: Group Work with People with Enduring Mental Health Difficulties Karkou. Dancing with Demons: Dance Movement Therapy and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder MacDonald. Dance Movement Therapy with Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Bunce. Stretching, Tensing and Kicking: Aspects of Infantile Movement in Dance Movement Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Special Education Bannerman-Haig. Hidden Treasures, Hidden Voices: An Ethnographic Study into the Use of Movement and Creativity in Psychosocial Work with War Affected Children in Serbia Singer. The Body of Culture: Transcultural Competence in Dance Movement Therapy Boas. Another Royal Road: Freudian Thought Applied to Authentic Movement Penfield. Birth Moves: Dance Movement Therapy and Holistic Birth Preparation Steiner-Celebi. Embodiment in Dance Movement Therapy Training and Practice Meekums. The Lived Experience of Students in a Dance Movement Therapy Group: Loss, Physical Contact and the Dance Movement Therapy Approach Payne. Dance Movement Therapy with Dance Students: 'Special Ingredients' in the Development of Playfulness, Self Confidence and Relationship Hayes. Full Circle: From Choreography to Dance Movement Therapy and Back Shreeves

About the Author

Helen Payne is an accredited psychotherapist and senior registered dance movement therapist. She is Reader in Counselling and Therapeutic Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, facilitates authentic movement groups and runs a small private practice