What to expect on your first visit
Personal encounter, individual support
During our initial consultation (approximately 60-90 minutes), I'll take the time to get to know you and your current situation. We'll discuss together what changes you want and are striving for. From this, we'll develop achievable goals together, which we'll use throughout our collaboration to maintain our focus and make progress visible.
At the end of the session, I will guide you through a body awareness exercise, focusing on your feet, for example. In my work with you, I want to show you ways to better understand yourself; discover your strengths and learn how to deal with your weaknesses in a friendly way. This will include relaxation exercises, breathing exercises, body awareness exercises, and movement exercises.
Before the end of the lesson, we will discuss together how we will proceed and, if cooperation is desired, make subsequent appointments.
What exactly is dance and movement therapy?
Dance and movement therapy is a body-oriented form of psychotherapy. It uses movement, dance, and mindfulness to create access to inner worlds of experience—even where words are (still) lacking.
The focus is not on dance ability, but on what can be felt, seen, and changed through movement. Feelings, thoughts, and inner tensions often manifest themselves in the body—in posture, breathing, rhythm, or tension. Dance therapy picks up on these signals and supports the process of consciously perceiving, expressing, and integrating them.
What can dance therapy achieve?
Strengthen your connection to your own body
Expressing and regulating emotions
Promote self-confidence and joy of life
Finding access to inner images, resources and identity
Deal with stress, excessive demands or inner conflicts in a creative way
What a session looks like
In dance therapy, we move freely, mindfully, or thematically – alone, in a group, or with guidance. Music, silence, space, and encounters support the process. The physical work is complemented by reflective conversation, if desired or helpful.
It’s not about “real dancing,” but about getting in touch with yourself – with what you feel, need, or want to let go of.
Who is dance therapy suitable for?
For all people who…
seek a holistic approach to yourself
want to work with psychosomatic or mental issues
want to (re)discover their creative, lively side
want to release emotional blockages or stress through the body
want to explore new forms of expression, self-care and healing