The term “psychomotor” has its origin in Germany. Wilhelm Griesinger, one of the founders of neuropsychiatry, used the term for the first time in 1844. Over the years in different countries have developed different concepts psychomotor therapy as a therapeutic agent. The basis of focus is the same.The progress is determined by the level of development. Each and every new movement has its grounding in developmentally earlier movement. Move to try to create a predefined change in perception and behavior appropriate to predefined change can be induced by the knowledge of stimulate brain function. However, it is necessary to allow for different levels of motivation for this change and varying levels of previous experience. The observation that the implementation of an active patient movement, with awareness of its progress and effects, has a considerably higher efficiency than the movement performed with passive patient therapist, led to increased interest in movement therapy performed in this way – psychomotor therapy. The aim of this study is to highlight the ideas of which draws current psychomotor therapy.

Department of Psychology Faculty of Education J E Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

University of Technology in Brno CESA VUT Brno

Příspěvek české vědy k vývoji psychomotorické terapie v evropském kontextu

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