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The task of this paper is to suggest a theoretical model for therapy which is premised on the interrelationships between three areas of knowledge: 1) the triune concept of brain and behavior developed by Paul MacLean, a neuropsychiatrist with the Brain, Evolution and Behavior Laboratory at the National Institute of Mental Health; 2) the technique and theory of focusing developed by Eugene Gendlin, Ph.D., University of Chicago; and 3) the techniques and theoretical assumptions of dance/movement therapy. An attempt is made to show how these three bodies of knowledge might interrelate in the case study of a family in a movement session with a dance/movement therapist and a psychiatrist.
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Chambliss, L. Movement therapy and the shaping of a neuropsychological model. Am J Dance Ther 5, 18–27 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579538
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579538