[6][7][8][9] Certain studies show that dance movement therapy has been an effective form of anxiety treatment for those with and without intellectual disabilities[10] and musculoskeletal disorders.
[12] There are insufficient high quality trials to assess the effect of DMT on behavioral, social, cognitive and emotional symptoms in people with dementia.
The mind refers to "mental activities...such as memory, imagery, perception, attention, evaluation, reasoning and decision making."
This therapy seeks to deepen clients' self-awareness through a meditative process that involves movement, motion, and realization through exploration of one's body.
Majority of dance therapists work within a kinetic framework of creative and expressive movement practices, incorporating structured improvisation.
Commonly requirements of most DMT/P graduate programmes are Movement Analysis and Profiling, human development and Developmental psychology.
[16] Additionally since a variety of populations may be encountered in DMT/P, methods are adapted to meet the needs of the circumstances and clients and this further reduces standardisation.
Since dance requires learning and involves becoming active and discovering capacities for movement, there is also the physical training that could provide benefits as well.
Such locations include:[19] Organizations such as the American Dance Therapy Association were created in order to uphold high standards in the field of DMT.
In addition, ADTA also publishes the American Journal of Dance Therapy and sponsors annual professional conferences.
[23] There are recorded webinars that you can watch at any point in time that can educate and give you more knowledge about the dance therapy field.
Their mission statement is to work extremely hard to continue the development of dance therapy and the legal recognition of this practice.
It was modeled after the structure of the ADTA[30] and provides education, credentialing, and professional development opportunities to dance therapists in Korea.
[32] American Association of Dance Therapy ADTA is the main regulator of the required education and training in order to become a dance/movement therapist in the USA.
Those who have completed over 2400 hours of supervised professional clinical work may apply for the advanced credential "Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT).
[34] European Association of Dance Movement Therapy EADMT is the main regulator of the required education and training in order to become a dance/movement therapist in the EU.
DMT training is taught in private and university settings across the EU in countries that include Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
[38] There is a general opinion that Dance/movement as active imagination was originated by Jung in 1916,[39] developed in the 1960s by dance therapy pioneer Mary Starks Whitehouse.
She was soon asked to work at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. once psychiatrists too realized the benefits their patients were receiving from attending Chace's dance classes.
[14] According to the ADTA, dance is "the psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual."