Dance/movement therapy, also called dance movement psychotherapy, is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support the intellectual, emotional and motor functions of the body. As a modality of the creative arts therapies, it examines the correlation between movement and emotion.
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Dance movement therapy is a recognized psychotherapeutic modality used within psychiatric and mental health care.
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_therapy, lead sectionQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_therapy, lead section
Dance/movement therapy (DMT) in USA and Australia or dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) in the UK is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body.
2. Dance Movement Therapy (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory section, First wave subsectionQuote, History section, First wave subsection
In 1942, through her work, dance was first introduced to western medicine.
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