Upcoming dates:
- January 15-17, 2021, 3-day Intensive, Friday – Sunday
Online Virtually
Registration for the January Intensive here.
This workshop is intended for those wishing to explore the field of dance/movement therapy as a possible career and for those furthering their professional development. Participants will be introduced to a variety of approaches used in dance/movement therapy. We emphasize the organic and evolving nature of DMT, in which all draw from a variety of sources, and no dance/movement therapist is the same as any other. The presenters are past and present faculty members of the Master’s Program in Dance/Movement Therapy: Couple and Family Therapy at Antioch University New England. Each faculty will introduce one or two founder(s) into her content for the day in ways that embody the principles of that founder. We emphasize the multicultural roots of our profession throughout the curriculum. Please join us for a week or weekend of personal and professional self-discovery.
A discount of $95 off of the registration fee is available for current undergraduate students.
See the NBCC section below for details.
3-Day Intensive Schedule
Day 1 (11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT) and (3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PT): Dance/Movement Therapy: Introduction to Embodying the Creative Source taught by Alice Scudder, NCC, BC-DMT
Objectives:
- Participants will identify three principles and techniques of dance/movement therapy that are used in clinical practice.
- Participants will familiarize themselves with dance/movement therapy as an approach to explore psychophysiological awareness and mindfulness in the counseling process.
- Participants will identify the intersections between dance/movement therapy and group counseling skills that can be applied to address group dynamics in a therapeutic setting.
Day 2 (11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT): Introduction to embodied relational attunement through developmental approaches in Dance/Movement Therapy taught by Kara Serasis, MA, BC-DMT, LCMHC, CMA
Objectives:
- Participants will gain a basic understanding of dance/movement therapy approaches to exploring embodied development.
- Participants will explore strategies for relational attunement to self and others.
- Participants will discuss how to use developmental movement approaches and movement observational skills in a culturally responsive way.
Day 2 (3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PT): Introduction to embodied relational attunement through developmental approaches in Dance/Movement Therapy taught by Kara Serasis, MA, BC-DMT, LCMHC, CMA
Objectives:
- Participants will gain a basic understanding of dance/movement therapy approaches to exploring embodied development.
- Participants will explore strategies for relational attunement to self and others.
- Participants will discuss how to use developmental movement approaches and movement observational skills in a culturally responsive way.
Day 3 (11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT): Embodied Spontaneity: Psychodrama and Dance/Movement Therapy taught by Kim Burden, LMHC, LCAT, BC-DMT
Objectives:
- Participants will gain a basic understanding of how to incorporate psychodrama and dance/movement therapy as tools to explore group members’ roles and behaviors within a mental health setting.
- Participants will discuss relevant applications for psychodrama and dance/movement therapy towards community-based wellness initiatives.
- Participants will apply one psychodrama and dance/movement therapy skill towards self-care strategies and burnout prevention.
There will be a 30 min. warm-up and closure reserved for each day, as well as two 15 min. breaks.
Faculty
Kim Burden, MA, LCMHC, LCAT, BC-DMT, RDT/BCT, CP
Affiliate faculty at Antioch University New England and completed the BodyMind Centering™ practitioner program with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in 1994. She is interested in the interface of all the arts in the healing and growth process and is passionate about the power of play, improvisation, and spontaneity. She is currently investigating the application of African Shamanic practice for use in multimodal expressive arts and dance/movement therapy. Kim maintains a private practice in body-centered therapies and healing arts in Keene, NH, where she specializes in women’s issues, LGBTQ concerns, eating disorders, anxiety, identity and lifespan issues, and developmental disabilities. She has practiced Hatha and Kundalini Yoga for many years, plays tabla with a local Kirtan band, studies and performs classical and operatic vocal music, and loves contemporary hula hoop dance.

Danielle Fitzpatrick, MA, BC-DMT
Adjunct faculty member at Antioch University New England, as well as an alumna of the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Program. Having served the geriatric population for over 15 years, her primary focus is on the use of group dance/movement therapy to bring vitality and connection to those in the nursing home environment. Danielle has been exploring the potential for rhythmic, nonverbal communication to create a bridge to those with dementia. She delights in inspiring the joy of movement and creative dance with children of all ages and abilities in preschools, public schools, special education settings and the studio environment. In addition to her work as a dance/movement therapist, she is currently the Director of Young Arts at a nonprofit arts education center in Keene, NH.

Tomoyo Kawano, PhD, BC-DMT, NCC, LCAT is Program Director and Associate Professor in the Dance/Movement Therapy program at Antioch University New England. Her clinical and supervisory experience as a dance/movement therapist includes working with acute inpatient psychiatric adults, inner-city teenagers, immigrant children of refugees, teenage sex offenders, and victims of domestic/partner violence. She has two primary areas of research interests. One is dance epistemology: to better understand the potential for deeper knowledge discovery through the body and dance. Another is in diversity, inclusion, and power-oppression dynamics; focusing on formalizing their explication in the curricula. She is the faculty advisor for the Justice Leadership Council.

Alice Thayer Scudder, MFA, MA, BC-DMT, NCC
Adjunct faculty at Antioch University New England and senior counselor at Phoenix House, Keene, NH, facilitating growth with those diagnosed with co-occurring disorders. She has been working in the field of mental health for twenty years, employing the expressive arts as motivation for personal insight and change. Alice has been a practicing martial artist for thirty five years and allows this embodied wisdom to inform her work. She has a special interest in the role spirituality plays in mental health and is a student of archetypal pattern analysis. She especially enjoys supervising interns using expressive therapy to inspire new dimensions in thought and action.

Chevon Stewart ,BC-DMT, LCSW is teaching faculty and low residency Dance/Movement Therapy Certificate coordinator at Antioch University New England. She has worked in community mental health, school based mental health, and forensic mental health settings in California and New York. She has also volunteered as a dance/movement therapist co-facilitating creative art therapy camp for survivors of sexual violence in Kenya. She is enjoys working across the life span with individuals who have experienced trauma. She received the Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellowship through the Caribbean Cultural Center for the African Diaspora in 2017. Her research interests are the African Diaspora, trauma survivors, pedagogy, adolescents, and anti-oppressive practices. She currently enjoys the embodied research processes which include dancing, moving, and writing poetry.
Kara Serasis, MA, BC-DMT, LCMHC, CMA is an adjunct Faculty member at Antioch University New England and alumni of the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling program. Kara works at Monadnock Family Services on the adult outpatient team. Her focus has been on integrating embodied approaches from both the dance/movement therapy and counseling fields for working with trauma and fostering a therapeutic environment of healing and transformation. Kara served as a Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) research assistant as a student and has continued to explore applications of the KMP in clinical practice. She is presently being trained in the techniques of Brainspotting and hopes to become certified. Kara has enjoyed integrating this technique into her work as a dance/movement therapist and exploring the embodied wisdom that Brainspotting can help us to access.
Registration
The intensives will be held at Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire, and each participant will receive a Certificate of Completion. Enrollment is limited. Please enroll early to avoid disappointment.
Cancellations
Cancellations received in writing 30-days in advance of the workshop will receive a full-refund. Cancellations received between 29 and 15 days in advance of the workshop receive a 50% refund. Cancellations received within 14-days of the workshop receive no refund.
Registration Fees
3-day Intensive Fee: $295.
3-day Undergraduate Student Fee: $200.
Payment by Check
To enroll and pay by check, please complete the on-line registration form. When directed to go to Paypal, exit and print the form. Mail the completed registration form and enclose a check payable to: Antioch University New England (AUNE) to:
Carolyn Woods
Antioch University New England
40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431-3516
603-283-2140
email [email protected]
Register here for the January, 2021 Intensive (3-days)
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