Pioneering Dance Movement Therapy in Britain: Results of narrative research

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Meekums, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career trajectories; Dance Movement Therapy; Lived body experience; Narrative research; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CULTURAL FACTOR; INTERVIEW; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SYMBOLISM; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING;

EID: 41449089593     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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