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The moving self in life, art, and community mental health: 12 propositions
Malvern Lumsdensubject
DanceMetaphorbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectSelfPhysical fitnessMatrix (music)Mental healthAdjunctPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologybusinessPsychologySocial psychologyIntersubjectivitymedia_commondescription
I argue here for the primacy of movement (Sheets-Johnstone, 1999) in both the organisation of the self and in social relationships. This means that movement is not simply important because it offers all of us (including psychiatric patients) better physical fitness, but because it is fundamental to the organisation of the individual person and her social matrix. It is therefore not simply an adjunct to life, art, and mental health but also the core of all three spheres.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-01 | Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy |