Finally, I have decided what I want to share in this blog. Art therapy is one of the therapy most used and familiar in group counseling. Art can be expressed through dance also.
Friends, actually dance therapy is really interesting. It suitable to all age people.
Children :) Adolescents:)
adult:) Elderly people
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Dance therapy uses movement to improve mental and physical well-being. It is the psychotherapeutic
use of movement as a process which furthers the emotional and physical
integration of the individual” (soma+psyche). The advantages of dance therapy is following:
1) Non-verbal (mute or autistic)2) To increase expression of feelings
3) To decrease isolation
4) Increased body awareness, individual expression, spontaneous, creative, intra
&interpersonal, inner music starts to play
5) Unexpected insights, repressed emotions
expressed
6) Social & ritual interaction in group
Friends, if would like to try dance therapy in group, the leader have consider the
approprieateness of the activity. The leader should know which dance movement suitable
for difference age people and objective of the dance. The leader should pertains to activity
and communicate immediate observations.
Wanna try for counseling session? Come on and try this. All the best guys:)
MAYPOLE
Objective : to provide less verbal members with an activity in which they may participate more fully and to promote socialization via group interaction and cooperation
Materials : A maypole and colorful strings,
sounds, a large open area
Leads : counselor explain maypole and
introduce possible movements. the group may
decide on some for what is to be
done with maypole before dance and one group
member leads directions
Schulberg,
Cecilia H. (1981)The Music Therapy Sourcebook:A
Collection of Activities Categorized and Analyzed : Human Science Press, Inc.
Steps
•Each person take hold of an end of a string
and spread out into a circle, with maypole as its center.
•Follow the directions of the leader, members
walk, hop, skip, and run around in a circle to the left,
right,forwards,
backwards, turning at different speeds, with an outer circle goes in the other,
do dance in
time to music.
•Switching hands in the air, walk-squat
sequence, or imitating animals walking can be used in advanced.
•All movements patterns can be worked out with
varicolored strings.
Dance therapy is not learning dance but it is one way to express feelings. Adolescents cannot
express their feeling easily. leader can use dance as tool to express feelings. to see the
power full magic of dance, what all of you to do???
Go try now, all the best:)
Love,