ABSTRACT
In this chapter the authors describe the work in their private practices with neurotic patients. They point out particularities and differences from working with other patient groups, and explain how a DMT observes processes and changes, and plans interventions. Based on Koch and Fischman, the chapter employs a relational, enactive and embodied approach in DMT, a form of psychotherapy that aims at body-mind integration, integration of implicit and explicit communication, and linking of verbal and non-verbal language (Fischman, Rodríguez and Bas, 2016). Psychotherapeutic processes with normal neurotics capable of reflecting on themselves are described as evolving and multi-layered dancing dialogues between patient and psychotherapist. Layers include movement exploration and words, primary processes of experience and secondary processes of reflection, psychodynamic concepts and the use of movement analysis, evoking images or metaphors and embodying them through dance and body awareness techniques.
