Movement that heals
Dance Therapy
Dance therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive and physical integration. Dance therapy can help people with physical health by increasing strength, improving flexibility, reducing muscle tension and enhancing coordination. It can also provide significant mental health benefits, including reducing stress and even relieving symptoms of conditions such as anxiety and depression.
Dance therapy is a creative art therapy that uses movement and dance to support a person’s physical, mental and emotional health.
Dance therapy uses movement and non-verbal communication in addition to talk therapy to manage behavioral concerns that words alone do not address. “It’s about finding the places you may not know or have chosen to deny and giving voice to experiences and feelings.
Dance therapy can be used to treat a range of physical and mental health problems. It can be helpful for improving self-esteem and can be helpful for people struggling with body image issues.
Some conditions it can help with include:
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Chronic pain
- Communication issues
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disordered eating
- Low self-esteem
- Body image and eating disorders
