Dance Therapy Bibliography

The following is a small sample of dance/movement therapy publications available. A wide selection of dance/therapy books, references and resources can be found on the internet at http://scholar.google.com.

American Journal of Dance Therapy
ADTA, 2000 Century Plaza Columbia, MD 21044.

Bartenieff, Irmgard, and Lewis, Dori
Body Movement - Coping with the Environment
New York, NY: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc. 1980.

Beers, Judith and Harris, Johanna
Bibliography on Dance Therapy: Books, Articles and Films
Columbia, MD: American Dance Therapy Association. 1974.

Bernstein, Penny
Theoretical Approaches to Dance Movement Therapy
Volumes I and II, 1979, 1984.
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.

Canner, Norma
And A Time to Dance
Boston, MA: Beacon Press. 1968.

Chaiklin, Sharon
Dance Therapy: Chapter 37
American Handbook of Psychiatry, Volume 5, pp. 701-720.
Edited by Silvano Arcili New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc. 1975.

Chodorow, Joan
Dance Therapy & Depth Psychology: The Moving Imagination
Routledge, 1991.

Espenak, Liljan
Dance Therapy, Theory and Application
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thoams Publications, Inc. 1981.

Garnet, Eva Desca
Movement is Life: A Holistic Approach to Exercise for Older Adults
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company. 1982

Kestenberg, Judith
Children and Parents - Psychoanalytic Studies in Development
1975.

Kestenberg, Judith
The Role of Movement Patterns in Development. 1967.

Kornblum, Rena
A Perceptual-Cognitive-Motor Approach to the Special Child. 1982.

Levy, Fran
Dance Movement Therapy: A Healing Art
Reston, VA: The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Second Edition, 1992.

Mason, Kathleen (Ed.)
Focus on Dance VII: Dance Therapy
Washington, D.C.: AAHPERD.1974.

North, Marian
Personality Assessment Through Movement
New York, NY: Dance Notation Bureau. 1971.

Payne, Helen, Editor.
Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice.
Routledge, 1992.

Salkin, Jeri
Body Ego Technique: An Educational and Therapeutic Approach to Body Image and Self- Identity
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. 1973.

Sandel, Susan and Johnson, David Read
Waiting at The Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home
New York, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. 1987.

Sandel, Susan; Chaiklin, Sharon; and Lohn, Ann, Editors
Foundations of Dance/Movement Therapy: The Life and Work of Marian Chace. 1993.

Schoop, Trudi
Won't You Join the Dance?
Mayfield Publishing Company. 1974.

Seigel, Elaine
Dance-Movement Therapy
New York, NY: Human Sciences Press. 1984.

Silberman, Linni (Ed.)
Dance Therapy Bibliography
Columbia, MD: American Dance Therapy Association. 1981.

Stanton-Jones, Kristina
An Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry
Routledge, l992.

Valentine, Grace
Problems, Goals and Programs: Introducing Dance Therapy in a Day Treatment Facility, with Julina Johnson. American Journal of Dance Therapy, Fall/Winter, 1978.

Valentine, Grace
A Program for Ego Development: Theory and Case Studies of Dance Therapy with Emotionally Disturbed Children, Movement and Growth: Dance Therapy for the Special Child New York, 1979.


Whitehouse, Mary
The Transference and Dance Therapy
American Journal of Dance Therapy I, 3-7, 1977.

Hancock Center Dance/Movement Therapy Bibliography