Dance Therapists - Specialized Treatments

Specialized Treatments

DMT can be used to heal serious disorders and diseases. Although DMT is promoted to reduce stress and center the body, this therapy is very effective in helping to heal other disabilities and diseases. Examples of these include:

• Autism: therapists connect on a sensory-motor level, provides a sense of acceptance and expands skills and cognitive abilities, increases maturity

• Learning Disabilities: develops better organizational skills, learns/experiences control and choice, higher self confidence, new inspirations to learn

• Mental Retardation: improves body image, social skills, coordination, and motor skills, promotes communication

• Deaf and Hearing Impaired: reduces feelings of isolation, provides inspiration for relationships

• Blind and Visually Impaired: improves body image, motor skills, and personal awareness

• Physically Handicapped: improves motor skills and body image, provides a way to communicate and express emotions

• Elderly: provides social interaction, expression, and exercise, alleviates fears of loneliness and isolation

• Eating Disorders: alters distorted body images which helps end destructive behaviors, discovers symbolic meanings behind disorder/food

• PTSD: weaves together past and present through symbolism in a “safe place” to confront painful memories

• Parkinson's Disease: uses rhythm to help reduce body dysfunctions which improves motor abilities, balance, and use of limbs

• Holistic Birth Preparation: implores relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety, learn breathing techniques and release energy, builds confidence to help cope with labor, birth and early parenting

• Dementia: improvement in articulacy, oral and body language communication and increased pleasure/enjoyment of activities as well as an increase in involvement of activities

• Depression: reduces stress, anxiety, number of visits to the doctor, medication intake; help build and strengthen bonds and relationships