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M-Body - Movement Therapy

M-Body is a team of dance movement therapists working primarly in Dorset and Somerset.

Dance Movement Therapy in the Community

 

 

Projects in Dorset and Somerset

Elders:
Weymouth Community Hospital - research project with frail elders
Queensway Day Hospital, Yeovil - elders with Parkinsons
Help and Care - session with elders and carers

Adults:
The Conifers, Dorchester - therapeutic day centre for adults with mental health needs
Flood Lane , Bridport - day centre for adults with learning disabilities
Wessex Autistic Society - centre for adults with autistic tendencies
Verrington Hospital - session with adults with dementia
National Schizophrenia Foundation, Bridport - adults with mental health needs
Weymouth Family Centre - session with single mothers

Adolescents:
Lufton Manor, Yeovil - adolescents with learning disabilities
Fiveways School Yeovil - adolescents with moderate learning difficulties
Tumblewood Project, Westbury - adolescent girls in residential care

Children:
Connections, Dorchester - foster care children with severe emotional needs
Westfield Community School Yeovil - weekly sessions with children with special needs
Wyvern School, Weymouth - children with severe learning difficulties
The Forum School - residential school for children and adolescents with autistic tendencies
Westfield Holiday Play Scheme, Yeovil - sessions with children and their parents aged 5-12
Digby Court, Dorchester - session with staff and children with severe and complex learning difficulties
Hazelwood House - working with children from Chernobyl

Family sessions:
Connections, Dorchester - foster care children

Training days for healthcare professionals

Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy Skills with children - including an introduction to Kestenberg Movement Profile.
Surestart Chesterfield
M-Body initiative - Broadwindsor, Dorset
Dorset County Council - Fit to Learn programme
Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy Skills with elders
The Reminiscence Learning Group, Somerset

 
 
 
 
 
 
       
  Team: Joy Kearney and Sandra Reeve