Keywords: Winnicott, good-enough mother, potential space, mirroring, mother-baby dance, holding environment,
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This article discusses D.W. Winnicot’s seminal concepts regarding development of a sense of self for both the infant and mother, and implications of these for mother and baby dance groups. The article describes the process of mirroring and identification that occurs between mother and baby and possibilities for supporting this process through dance therapy. The concept of potential space is also described as located both in time and place, in which babies are supported to safely transition to a sense of self as separate from other.
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