Sponsored by the Center for Movement Education and Research’s Alternative Route Training in Dance/Movement Therapy
This course is open to practicing professionals and is also designed as a Dance/Movement Therapy approaches course for students who are preparing for Alternate Route certification.
The course has been submitted for approval to the American Dance Therapy Association to meet requirements for the Alternate Route R-DMT credential and satisfies 15 hours of DMT Theory & Practice Training.
This course meets the qualifications for 15 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LCSWs & LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider #3888).
Course Content/Description:
This experiential and didactic course in Dance/Movement Therapy explores movement as active imagination in healing and transformation. Beginning with the contributions of Mary Whitehouse, we will engage Jungian concepts and their evolution into Authentic Movement, and explore more recent developments in the practice related to group and individual therapy.
Authentic Movement is a depth-oriented therapeutic approach, bridging body and psyche through natural movement, augmented by drawing and writing.
Sessions will include structured warm ups and ‘starting points’ that engage embodied clinical themes. This course will reflect on the history of Authentic Movement, including Jungian theory, elements from neuroscience, discussion of the readings, and clinical applications of Authentic Movement in dance/movement therapy.
In the process we will address therapeutic elements such as providing a safe container, identifying projections, establishing appropriate interpersonal boundaries, listening and observational skills, empathy, and the somatic underpinnings of the transference-countertransference relationship.
Through the practice participants can continue to develop their ability to be present, with oneself and with another, in a more vital, increasingly conscious relationship, inviting a level of perception of self and other that can evoke deep respect and empathy.
To Register:
To register for this workshop visit CMER’s enrollment page here
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