The Routledge International Handbook of Embodied Perspectives in Psychotherapy: Approaches from Dance Movement and Body Psychotherapies (Routledge International Handbooks)

There is a growing interest in embodied approaches to psychotherapy internationally. This volume focuses on the respective focal professions of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) and body psychotherapy (BP), addressing the psychotherapeutic need for healing throughout the lifespan. Within embodied clinical approaches, the therapist and client collaborate to discover how the body and movement can be used to strengthen positive relational skills, attending to the client's immediate and long-term needs through assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation. Both DMP and BP are based upon the capacity and authority of the body and non-verbal communication to support and heal patients with diverse conditions, including trauma, unexplained bodily symptoms and other psychological distress, and to develop the clients' emotional and relational capacities by listening to their bodies for integration and wellbeing. In The Routledge International Handbook of Embodied Perspectives in Psychotherapy, world leaders in the field contribute their expertise to showcase contemporary psychotherapeutic practice. They share perspectives from multiple models that have been developed throughout the world, providing information on theoretical advances and clinical practice, as well as discourse on the processes and therapeutic techniques employed individually and in groups. Presented in three parts, the book covers underpinning embodiment concepts, potentials of dance movement psychotherapy and of body psychotherapy, each of which is introduced with a scene-setting piece to allow the reader to easily engage with the content. With a strong focus on cross- and interdisciplinary perspectives, readers will find a wide compilation of embodied approaches to psychotherapy, allowing them to deepen and further their conceptualization and support best practice. This unique handbook will be of particular interest to clinical practitioners in the fields of body psychotherapy and dance movement psychotherapy as well as professionals from psychology, medicine, social work, counselling/psychotherapy and occupational therapy, and to those from related fields who are in search of information on the basic therapeutic principles and practice of body and movement psychotherapies and seeking to further their knowledge and understanding of the discipline. It is also an essential reference for academics and students of embodied psychotherapy, embodied cognitive science and clinical professions. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Foreword Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction to embodied perspectives in psychotherapy SECTION I Overview of concepts Introduction 1 Essential dimensions of being a body 2 Narratives in embodied therapeutic practice: Getting the story straight 3 Towards a clinical theory of embodiment: A model for the conceptualization and treatment of mental illness 4 The evidence for basic assumptions of dance movement therapy and body psychotherapy related to findings from embodiment research 5 Having a body and moving your body: Distinguishing somatic psychotherapy from dance/movement therapy SECTION II Theory and practice in dance movement psychotherapy Introduction 6 A developmental taxonomy of interaction modalities in dance movement therapy 7 Witnessing practice: In the eyes of the beholder© 8 Somatic body mapping with women during life transitions 9 Gravity and the development of the (body) self in dance movement psychotherapy 10 Dance movement therapy: Building resilience from shared movement experiences 11 Interrupted rhythms: Dance/movement therapy's contributions to suicide prevention 12 Body as voice: Restorative dance/movement psychotherapy with survivors of relational trauma 13 Playing through dancing stories 14 Psychological re-sources in integral dance and dance/movement therapy 15 Mother—son transgenerational transmission of eating issues in a co-treatment method using the Ways of Seeing approach 16 The BodyMind Approach and people affected by medically unexplained symptoms/somatic symptom disorder 17 The disturbance of the psychosomatic balance 18 Modulating verbal and non-verbal languages in dance movement therapy: Moving conversations with neurotic adults in private practice 19 The importance of subtle movement and stillness in Japanese dance movement therapy: A comparison with the Japanese traditional performing art of 'Noh' 20 Embodiment of space in relation to the self and others in psychotherapy: Boundlessness, emptiness, fullness, and betweenness 21 From the Alps to the Pyramids: Swiss and Egyptian perspectives on dance movement therapy SECTION III Theory and practice in body psychotherapy Introduction 22 Relating through the body: Self, other and the wider world 23 Functional relaxation in psychosomatic medicine 24 The art of bottom-up processing: Mindfulness, meaning and self-compassion in body psychotherapy 25 Embodied-Relational Therapy 26 Four forms of knowledge in biosynthesis therapy 27 The relational turn in body psychotherapy 28 Emotional regulation in body psychotherapy 29 The embodiment of dreams: Exploring mind/body connecting devices 30 The therapist's body and the intersubjectivities of the unconscious 31 Being moved to tears: Somatic and motoric aspects of self-disclosure 32 Oppression and embodiment in psychotherapy 33 Micromovements: Filling out the movement continuum in clinical practice 34 Safety in psychotherapy: The body matters 35 Touch and embodiment: Body-oriented psychotherapeutic applications of clinical touch 36 Traumatic dis-embodiment: Effects of trauma on body perception and body image 37 Research informing body psychotherapy clinical work: A spotlight on emotions Appendix: Post graduate education and non-validated training Index