The central problem, viz. that moving as welt as moving about may be of therapeutie value to the mentally deficient person, was considered.
It was assumed that man presents himself by performing the task appointed to him white moving about in a way peculair to him.
By means of moving about he comes into contact with the world — he meets — he gets to know.
Developing oneself means being occupied with things. By doing things man meets the world and through the world himself. While moving about he creates his situation.
The moving therapy tries — by appealing to the mental patient in his experiences — to improve the psychic condition of the patient.
In order to maintain oneself in society psychically in an adequate way, one must — to a certain degree — be able to move about in space and time. One must be able to be 'present' — to dare to face dangers — more or less to dare to present oneself, to 'be' there — in order to earn a living and to create a future for oneself as welt as for others.
Patients staying in our mental hospitals are excluded from the everyday occurrences in society, owing to the fact that they were admitted into our hospitals voluntarily or compulsorily.
The purpose of the moving therapy is to find ways of recovery so that the mentally deficient person may be able
1. to handle objects adequately.
2. to be present by means of moving and moving about inventively.
3. not to shun being Meed with reststance in his association with other people.
4. to experience sociality in a group of people.
5. to accept his fellow-men and to know that he himself is accepted as well.
6. to accept experience-discipline, moving order and group order.
7. to aim at personal form and style- a style in conformity with the interrelations of people and not with a correct or ideal conduct.