Dance therapy is an innovative form of treatment for those suffering from various mental illnesses and traumas. Its success is becoming known all over the nation, as more professionals begin to explore this newest therapeutic form.
Dance therapy is stark, mainly because it is still considered to be an unconventional form of treatment. Art therapy, which involves processing negative thoughts and emotions through visual art such as painting, suffers the same lack of exposure. However more people are hearing about it as dance therapists are experiencing breakthroughs with their clients.
Dance therapy is based upon the idea that the mind and body are connected to each other in such a manner that physical injury affects emotions, and vice versa, meaning that dance therapy is in essence able to heal a myriad of psychological problems. Dance is usually centered on the appearance of movement and creating something pleasing to an audience’s eyes, however dance therapy discovers all sorts of movements, focusing on the way the body is empowered through movement rather than what looks good.
