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Dance Movement Psychotherapy Books

 

Adler, J. (2002), Offering from the Conscious Body: The Discipline of Authentic Movement, Inner Traditions: Rochester

 

Aposhyan, Susan (1999). Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration & Human Development.  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

 

Aposhyan, Susan  (2004). Body-Mind Psychotherapy.  W.W.Norton.

 

Bartenieff, I. and Lewis, D. (1980), Body Movement: Coping with the Environment, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers: New York

 

Bernstein, P. (1975), Tension Flow Rhythms Levels of Organisation, Theory and Methods in Dance- Movement Therapy, Kendall/ Hunt Publishing Company: Dubuque/Iowa

 

Bernstein, P. L. (1972) Theory and Methods in Dance-Movement Therapy. Kendall/Hunt: Dubuque/Iowa

 

Bernstein, P.L. (1974), Eight Theoretical Approaches in Dance Movement Therapy, Kendal/Hunt: Dubuque/Iowa

 

Bloom, K. (2006), The Embodied Self: Movement and Psychoanalysis, Karnac: London 

 

Bloom, K. and Shreeves, R. (1998), Moves: a Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement, Harwood Academic Publishers: Amsterdam

 

Chaiklin, H. (Ed) (1976), Marian Chace: Her papers, American Dance Therapy  Association: Columbia, MD

 

Chaiklin, S. & Wengrower, H. (Eds.), (2008) Life is Dance: The art and science of dance movement therapy. New York: Routledge Press.

 

Chodorow, J. (1991). Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology: The Moving Imagination, Routledge:  London and New York

 

Cruz, R. F. and Berrol, C. F. (2004), Dance/Movement Therapists in Action: A Working Guide to Research Options. Springfield: Charles C Thomas.

 

Corrigall, J., Payne, H & Wilkinson, H (Eds.) (2006), About a Body: Working with the Embodied Mind in Psychotherapy, Routledge: London

 

Dell, C. (1977), A Primer for Movement Description – Using Effort-Shape and Supplementary Concepts, Dance Notation Bureau: New York

Dokter, D. (1994) (ed.) Art Therapies and Clients with Eating Disorders:  Fragile Board.  Jessica Kingsley: London and Philadelphia

 

Dokter, D. (1998),Art Therapists, Refugees and Migrants: Reaching Across Borders, Jessica Kingsley: London

 

Espanak, L. (1981), Dance therapy: Theory and Application. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas.

 

Etherington, K. (2003), Trauma, The Body and Transformation, Jessica Kingsley: London

 

Feder, E. & Feder, B. (1981), The  Expressive Arts Therapies, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

 

Goodill, S.W. (2005), An Introduction to Medical Dance/Movement Therapy: Health Care in Motion. Jessica Kingsley.

 

Hackney, P. (2004), Making Connections: Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals, Routledge: London

 

Hartley, L. (2004), Somatic Psychology: Body, Mind and Meaning, Whurr: London

 

Karkou, V. and Sanderson, P. (2006), Art Therapies: A Research-Based Map of the Field. Edinburgh:  Elsevier

 

Karkou V. (in press, expected publication 2009) (Ed), Arts Therapies in Education: Research and Practice, London: Jessica Kingsley.

 

Kestenberg-Amighi, J, Loman, S., Lewis, P. and Sossin, M. (1999), The Meaning of Movement: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives of the Kestenberg Movement Profile, Brunner-Routledge: New York

 

Lamb, W. (1965), Posture and Gesture: An Introduction to the Study of Physical Behaviour, Gerald Duckworth: London

 

Lamb, W. (1979), Body Code: The Meaning of Movement, Princeton Book Company: New Jersey

 

Levy, F. J. (1988), Dance Movement Therapy: A Healing Art, The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance: Reston Virginia

 

Levy, F.J. (Ed), (1995), Dance and Other Expressive art Therapies- When Words Are Not Enough, Routledge: London

 

Leventhal, M. B. (1980a), Movement and Growth: Dance Therapy for the Special Child. New York: New York University Press, pp. 3-9.

 

Leventhal, M. B. (1980b) Dance Therapy as Treatment of Choice for the Emotionally Disturbed and Learning Disabled Child. in Riordan, A. & Fitt, S. (Eds.) Dance for the Handicapped, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance: Reston VA

 

Lewis, P. (1986) (Ed), Theoretical Approaches in Dance/Movement Therapy, Vl 1 Kendall/Hunt: Iowa

 

Meekums, B. (2002), Dance Movement Therapy: .A Psychotherapeutic Approach, Sage: London

 

Meekums, B. (2000), Creative Group Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,  Jessica Kingsley: London

 

Moore, C-L. (2005), Movement and Making Decisions, Dance and Movement Press: New York

 

Newham, P. (1999), Using Voice and Movement in Therapy, Jessica Kingsley: London

 

North, M. (1972), Personality Assessment Through Movement, Northcote House: Plymouth

 

Pallaro, P. (1999), Authentic Movement: Essay by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow, Jessica Kingsley: London

 

Pally, R. (2000), The Mind-Body Relationship, Karnak: London

 

Payne, H. (2008), Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Handbook, Routledge: London

 

Payne, H.L. (2006) Dance Movement Therapy Theory, Research and Practice 2nd edition, Routledge: London

 

Payne, H. (1993) (Ed), Handbook of Inquiry in the Arts Therapies: One River, Many Currents, Jessica Kingsley: London

 

Payne, H. (Ed). (1992), Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice, Tavistock/Routledge: London

 

Payne, H. L. (1990), Creative Movement and Dance in Groupwork, Speechmark: Oxon 

 

Rothenberg, A.  (1988), The Creative Process of Psychotherapy, Norton & Co: London

 

Shaw, R (2003). The Embodied Psychotherapist: The Therapist’s Body Story, Brunner: London

 

Sherborne, V. (1990), Developmental Movement for Children, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge

 

Sidoli, M. (2000). When The Body Speaks: Archetypes in The Body, Routledge: London and New York

 

Siegel, E. (1984). Dance Movement Therapy: Mirror of Our Selves: The Psychoanalytical Approach, Human Sciences Press Inc: New York

 

Stanton-Jones, K. (1992). An Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry, Tavistock/ Routledge: London, New York

 

Tortora, S. (2006). The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children. Brookes Publishing: US

 

Wadsworth-Hervey, L. (2000), Artistic Inquiry in Dance/Movement Therapy: Creative Alternatives for Research. Charles C Thomas

 

Wiener, D. J. (Ed.) (1999), Beyond Talk Therapy: Using Movement & Expressive Techniques in Clinical Practice, American Psychological Association: Washington DC US

 

Waller, D. and Mahony, J. (1999) (eds.) Treatment of Addiction: Current Issues for Arts Therapies, Routledge:  London and New York

 

Warren, B. (1993) (ed.) Using the Creative Arts in Therapy: A Practical Introduction. Routledge: London and New York