624 APPENDICES the starting point for the intervention. The many successful interventions prompted the question for a scientific foundation. The first issue concerned the theoretical underpinnings of Movement-as-anchor. The second question was an empirical justification for the assumed mechanism that underlies Movement-as-anchor. The question of the societal impact of Movement-as-anchor arose during the process of writing this thesis. How can we apply the theoretical and empirical knowledge we have gained for the benefit of society? What follows is a summary of all five parts of our dissertation. Theory Assumptions The theoretical foundation of our method Movement-as-anchor is based on three pillars and encompass the concepts of ‘movement’, ‘relationship’, and ‘self-understanding’. The first pillar, ‘movement’, is based on the influential work of Sheets-Johnstone (2011) and places movement at the heart of the method, because movement is the mother of all cognition and the essence of life. Without movement, there is no knowledge, no growth, no development. Movement enables humans, animals, and plants to respond to changes in the environment. Movement provides the opportunity for exploration and creation. We begin our lives already moving and we discover the world around us and who we are through our senses. Movement is considered the ‘forgotten sense’ by Sheets-Johnstone (2011), as kinaesthesia is rarely or never mentioned in the list of senses. However, without kinaesthesia, we cannot gain knowledge about ourselves. All other senses tell us something about the external world, but movement is the only sense that tells us something about ourselves. Kinaesthesia involves the position and sense of speed of body parts. We assign subjective evaluations to this position and sense of speed, that is, whether the position or speed of our movement is pleasant or not, for example. We also evaluate the observed movement of others. For example, a movement can be evaluated in terms as sluggish, heavy, lively, or energetic. Describing this experience and quality is subjective in nature. Movements can also be objectively described based on movement feature. These features have a temporal, spatial, and energetic structure. The second pillar of the method is the concept of ‘relationship’. Relationship is at the centre of our approach. We distinguish three aspects of relationship. First and foremost, there is the ‘therapist-client relationship’. This relationship forms the core of our research and actual treatment. An analysis of this relationship provides insight into the level of reciprocity and equality. Based on this analysis, the direction and goal of the treatment is determined. A second aspect is related to a person’s relationship with influences that are further away from the person. The model we use for this is the bio-ecological model of Bronfenbrenner and Morris (2007). According to the bio-
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