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Authors such as A. Freud (1936) and Nijinski (2002) have highlighted the social and psychic reality offered by art by describing the process of therapeutic mediation of bodily expression that relates to others and to oneself. This study aims to show the importance of bodily expression in the psycho-social support of a nineteen-year-old drug user in search of identity recognition. Raised in an unsettled family dynamic, he did not discover his real civilian identity until the age of fourteen. The revelation of this family secret, which has become pathogenic, exacerbates initially paucisymptomatic behavioral disorders. He benefits from therapy focused on bodily expression that resolves the identity question and inspires the pleasure of dancing. Artistic expression can produce cognitive arousal, palpable satisfaction and pleasure, and increased relationship quality.