ABSTRACT
Movement is self-revelatory. Most humans are fairly astute at reading body language and automatically gathering information about a person by how they move in their body. Are they angry, tense, assertive, or passive? Are they sad, tired, joyful, or in pain? Without a word being said, much is revealed about a person in movement, so even as the dance/ movement therapist may not intend to disclose a particular aspect of himor herself to the client, it happens. In this treatment modality, therapist and client move together, watching and observing each other, interacting nonverbally. The therapist’s nonverbal cues are there for the client to read, constituting unavoidable self-disclosure. Unavoidable self-disclosure is different, however, from therapist movement strategies that are more intentionally self-expressive and disclosing. In this chapter, both will be considered.
