ABSTRACT

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) has been forced to find alternative ways to operate amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Due to the restrictions of isolation, therapy sessions have begun to be held through online means, in an attempt to preserve the therapeutic relationship whilst meetings take place in separate physical spaces. Inevitably, various components of the therapy session have been impacted and altered. DMT is based uniquely on an ongoing focus on body-movements, thus enabling the therapist to gather data on personal and interpersonal processes and to assess, intervene, and interpret such data. The shift to webcam-DMT has had an influence on the manner in which the emotional body-movement ‘text’ of patients is revealed. This article attempts to illuminate the adversities affecting DMT during the pandemic and to expound ways to maintain DMT’s unique contribution despite the detriment caused to body-movement textual space in webcam sessions.

摘要

在冠状病毒大流行中，舞蹈/运动疗法（DMT）被迫寻找其他替代手术方法。由于隔离的限制，治疗会议已经开始通过在线方式进行，以保持治疗关系，同时在分开的物理空间中开会。不可避免地，治疗过程的各个组成部分都受到了影响和改变。DMT独特地基于对身体运动的持续关注，从而使治疗师能够收集有关个人和人际交往过程的数据，并对这些数据进行评估，干预和解释。转向网络摄像头-DMT对揭示患者情感性肢体运动“文本”的方式产生了影响。