{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">Case Study of a Hallucinating Schizophrenic in Dance Therapy.</span></p> <p>This is a case study working with an actively hallucinating male schizophrenic in dance/movement therapy. Discussed here is the role of the group's supportive environment in his increased awareness of himself and an increased ability to relate to others. By acknowledging and accepting the hallucinatory experiences as real for him and by focusing on the behavioral consequences of the hallucinations there was considerable progress made toward decreased hallucinatory activity. Through movement, I identified and focused on behaviors that reflected his overall functioning problems and helped the group provide him with constructive feedback in a nurturing way. By learning more effective socialization skills the patient then is able to choose to interact with others more instead of resorting to his hallucinatory world.</p> <p>These relating skills gave him an improved sense of self and more social confidence. This confidence and ability are the first steps toward his changing long existing patterns of reverting to hallucinations to gain reinforcement and validation.</p>"}