درباره ارزش انجام تحقیقات رقص/حرکت درمانی

My aim in this paper is to encourage dance/movement therapists to carry out research. To provide a framework for discussion, I pose and respond to two questions frequently asked by dance/movement therapy trainees: (1) why is research important for the field of dance/movement therapy? and (2) why should dance/movement therapists do ‘scientific’ research? Additionally, I address some of the reasons given by DMT trainees in resisting conducting research: they claim that they are better at communicating through movement than words, they do not have time, and they lack the necessary skills.

My aim in this paper is to encourage dance/movement therapists to carry out research. To provide a framework for discussion, I pose and respond to two questions frequently asked by dance/movement therapy trainees: (1) why is research important for the field of dance/movement therapy? and (2) why should dance/movement therapists do ‘scientific’ research? Additionally, I address some of the reasons given by DMT trainees in resisting conducting research: they claim that they are better at communicating through movement than words, they do not have time, and they lack the necessary skills.