ABSTRACT
I see our tasks as therapists as being similar to the boy in ballet, we need to support from underneath, be alert to and attuned with the prima donna’s movements, to show off her creativity and ability. If the boy does this consistently, the prima donna’s confidence in the boy’s ability to hold her will grow and she may gradually risk more daring and spectacular moves. Likewise, if we pay careful attention to the ground, the client will take care of forming figures themselves. Over time they will begin to trust that if they fall we will at least try to catch them and so the reconstruction of their ground will begin. Just as the prima donna perhaps didn’t believe she could perform a grand jeté so the client may learn that anger is allowed or that they are loveable.
