The belly

My client's struggle and my dance - my struggle and my client's dance

Abstract

Over-eating, with its inevitable result, being overweight ranging from 'the fuller figure' to obesity - is rated as undesirable today as leprosy was in Biblical times. Being fat is the object of shame and ridicule both external and internal.

This essay is a study of the work I am doing with a client who weighs 148kg. The initial phase of therapy and aspects of our work to date are described, with emphasis on the model and techniques of The Healing Dance Therapy that are employed, and on the relationship that has developed between this client and myself the therapist, as a result. The paper is also a story about dance.