Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy is an international, peer-reviewed journal exploring the relationship between body and mind and focusing on the significance of the body and movement in the therapeutic setting. It is the only scholarly journal wholly dedicated to the growing fields of body (somatic) psychotherapy and dance movement therapy. The body is increasingly being recognized as a vehicle for expression, insight and change. The journal encourages broad and in-depth discussion of issues relating to research activities, theory, clinical practice, professional development and personal reflections.

Topics in forthcoming issues:

Body Psychotherapy and Dance Movement Therapy as these areas relate to the following:
Children and adolescents; Families; Couples; Touch; Trauma; Assessment, Observation and evaluation; Research; Body image and identity; Training and supervision; The limits and opportunities of the body; The sacred and the body; Psychosomatics; Mind-body interrelationship; The Arts.

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Readership

Essential reading for all mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, mental health nurses, social workers) with an interest in the body-mind dynamic, in particular body psychotherapists, somatic psychotherapists, dance movement therapists, and creative arts therapists.

Peer Review Integrity

All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.

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