Body Movement Therapy

Body Movement Therapy might be interesting for you in case you

• would like to work (more) with your body in therapy
• are used to working intuitively with your body and are used to listen to your body
• would like to introduce movement and voice as part of your therapeutic process
• would like to use dance in a more therapeutic way
• would like to explore which story your body is telling
• would like to become more attuned to your body and become more authentic
• would like to use creative tools as part of your therapeutic process
• have the feeling that your are in hibernation and are ready for a new spring

Body Movement Therapy is a therapeutic path that can be used for all types of problems and challenges, also for working with shock and trauma.

Talk and reflection will always be part of the process, but the main ingredient in a Body Movement Therapy session is working with moves, body and voices and all these modes of expression will be guided and reflected by the therapist.

Movements and expressions will be explored and mirrored, and impulses that emerge will be met with curiosity and openness.

Each session will usually end with dancing or movement to express the experience and ensure that it is well integrated in mind and body.

Additionally, it is possible to work with creative tools, such as drawing, work with mandalas og working with masks.

Masks particularly, are used in many cultures to allow us to let go of our everyday personality and explore other dimensions of ourselves.

It could masks expressing the existential dilemmas of our lives or the masks that we all are used to wear or have been given at an early age, most of the time, unknowingly.

To explore and tell your story by drawing as mask, moving and dancing with it, allows us to sense and feel part of our story and to integrate this story – and to move on.

This way of working is deeply moving and playful at the same time.

And it can release previous and ancient trauma.

‘I have experienced Body Movement Therapy with Gerit and can warmly recommend her.

Body Movement Therapy with Gerit invites the body in the whole process and Gerit’s guidance mirrors and supports you carefully, so you can listen to the story your body is telling and she ensures that you feel safe during the whole session.’