An Existential – Humanistic Approach to Movement: An East/West Dialogue

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2020) 6(1):85–96 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2020/6/10

An Existential – Humanistic Approach to Movement: An East/West Dialogue

人本-存在主义取向的舞动治疗：中西方对话

Abstract

This article considers existential-humanistic (EH) psychotherapy in relation to concepts in ­Chinese culture and shows how those approaches are experienced in the body. An embodied form of EH group dance movement therapy called “KinAesthetic Imagining” can bridge West and Eastern philosophies through symbolic nonverbal communication. In the following article, the philosophical foundation and training of KinAesthetic Imagining is described. It is followed by a dialogue and observations from a student from China whose background in existential philosophy, and Yalom group therapy gave her a philosophical perspective on becoming embodied. She describes her own experience of a theme central to existential psychotherapy, death, and rebirth and how she experienced this in her body in a new and profound way.

Keywords: Existential-humanistic therapy, embodiment, existential dance movement therapy, life and death education, group psychotherapy, KinAesthetic Imagining

摘要

本文将人本-存在主义心理治疗与中国文化中的一些概念相联系，并展示这些方法在身体上是如何被体验的。一种被称为“动觉成象”的具身化的人本-存在主义团体舞动治疗，它可以通过象征性的非语言交流来连接东西方哲学。在下文中，将描述动觉成象的哲学基础和训练。接下来会有一段精彩的中西方对话,以及一位来自中国的学生的观察报告。她深厚的存在主义哲学背景和亚隆团体治疗经验使她在具身化时持有着一种哲学的视角。她描述了自己对存在主义心理治疗、死亡和重生的核心主题的体验，以及她如何以一种全新而深刻的方式在自己的身体中体验这一主题。

关键词: 人本-存在主义心理治疗，具身化，人本-存在主义取向的舞动治疗，生死教育，团体心理治疗，动觉成象