La Alianza terapéutica en la danza movimiento terapia con pacientes con discapacidad intelectual: Estudio de caso

This is a qualitative descriptive case study. The participant was a woman of 39 yearswith Intellectual Disability, specifically Down syndrome, who performed an individualintervention in Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT). The objectives of this study were: (1)to know the relevant elements of the Therapeutic Alliance (TA) which was establishedduring the therapeutic process for 19 sessions DMT and (2) to observe if these elementsof the TA contributed to the success of the objectives of the intervention. The objectivesof the intervention were: to increase knowledge of her own body, to increase impulsecontrol and frustration tolerance, to improve communication and relationship with theothers and encourage initiative, creativity, security and autonomy. The therapist gotfield notes to collect the most important elements of the case in relation to theconstruction of the AT and objectives of the intervention. Later, it was performed acontent analysis. The results showed that a healthy AT was constructed, which allowedachieving the objectives of the therapy. Additionally, this case study becomes contributionto the field of DMT and it allows us to better understand the work developed in theseinterventions