ROBYN | SOMATIC DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY + SOMATIC FITNESS

Dance movement therapy is quite a misunderstood modality because the name makes people picture a dance class.

It’s far from it, it’s actually clinical therapy that uses movement and the body as the main way of working through emotional and psychological experience.

The premise is simple, the body holds a lot of what the mind either can’t access or can’t articulate and movement enables it to go somewhere. To change how you feel in your body you often have to move different first. New patterns create new experiences.

Developed in the mid 20th century its evidence based work.

The therapeutic relationship is central to this work because it’s not just about the movement itself, it’s about having a safe, attuned relationship so you can explore. The relational container is what makes it therapy rather than just a movement practice.

If you’d like to learn more, feel free to book in for a free discovery call, link on website in bio 💛