Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation

This book looks at psychotherapeutic effects of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) with a focus on the experiences of survivors of gender-based violence and their social development, psycho-social rehabilitation and reintegration within society.

Sohini Chakraborty is an Ashoka fellow, sociologist, dance activist, dance movement therapist, and the founder-director of Kolkata Sanved. She introduced DMT as a tool for the psycho-social rehabilitation, empowerment, and reintegration of survivors by creating a pool of DMT practitioners at the grassroots. She launched the country's first DMT academic programme with the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in 2012. She is one of 100 global women leaders recognised by Vital Voices, USA and her recent publications include, Dance/Movement Therapy: Renewing Purpose when Emerging from Sexual Abuse and International Human Sex Trafficking (2022), and Featured Countertrafficking Program: Kolkata Sanved's Model Sampoornata (2019).

List of Figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Contextualising DMT and Psycho-social Rehabilitation 2 Journey from Practitioner to Researcher 3 Amplifying Voices: The Life Stories of Seven Survivors 4 Her-Story: Narrative and Cross-case Analysis 5 Transformation Pathways through DMT 6 Towards an Emancipatory Model: Sampoornata 7 The Path Ahead: A Push for a Strong Process and Reflexivity Bibliography Index