Dance/Movement Therapy in Healthcare: Prevention, Treatment and Aftercare - 25 hours
Date Friday, March 19, 2010 - Sunday, March 21, 2010
Program Description

The Center for Movement Education and Research

March 19, 20, 21 2010
Pomona College --Claremont CA
9:00am
6:30pm

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Course Title:  Dance/Movement Therapy In Healthcare: PREVENTION, TREATMENT & AFTERCARE 25 hrs
This dance/movement therapy theory and practice course covers the role of dance/movement therapy in the prevention and treatment of illness, and in the maintenance of health and well being. This course will be divided into three sections to cover the dance/movement therapy principles and applications specific to prevention, to treatment, and to aftercare. In the section on prevention, this course focuses on dance/movement therapy contributions to health and well being in response to the somatic, emotional and cognitive consequences of stress and trauma. The section on treatment addresses dance/movement therapy in a medical context and as an adjunctive treatment for illness. The section on aftercare focuses on the role of dance/movement therapy in coming to terms with treatment outcomes, creating new choices, and finding new meaning.  All sections will focus on self regulation, self expression, and self in relationship, all fundamental to health and well being. The specific attention throughout to body awareness, creativity, and attunement, will amplify aspects of dance/movement therapy theory and practice, as well as provide a foundation for a somatically oriented psychotherapy practice.
 

This course is approved for 25 hours of continuing education for R-DMTs and BC-DMTs as required by the American Dance Therapy Association.

This course has been approved by the American Dance Therapy Association as meeting the Alternate Route Requirements for the R-DMT credential and satisfies 25 hours of DMT Theory and Practice Training.  

This course meets the qualifications for 25 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider #3888). Students taking the class for continuing education are excused from the required assignments other than attendance and participation.

Course Objectives:  
1) Students will become familiar with the concepts of prevention and wellness in dance/movement
therapy practice.

2) Students will gain understanding of the cognitive, somatic and emotional impact of stress and
trauma on health and well being.

3) Students will develop an understanding of the application of dance/movement therapy theory
and practice in the treatment of illness in a medical context.

4) Students will learn interventions, applicable both to the student as therapist and to work with
patients, that are grounded in the principles of dance/movement therapy and based in the
concept of preventive care and maintenance of health.

 
Location:
Pomona College
Pendleton Dance Center, Studio 16
210 East 2nd Street
Claremont, CA  91711
 
Course Fee: $650.00
A reduced fee of $400 will be offered to Registered and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapists, R-DMTs and BC-DMTS, attending the class.

Course Instructor:  
Shira Musicant,  MA, LMFT, BC-DMT, SEP
Shira Musicant is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and body centered psychotherapist. She has been licensed as a marriage and family therapist since 1984. With over twenty five years of clinical experience, she has taught, led workshops, and published in the fields of dance/movement therapy and Authentic Movement. Shira has extensive hospital and agency experience with a range of psychiatric and medical patients, and is currently in private practice, working with people recovering from both developmental and acute trauma.

 

For Information and Application Contact:
Judy Gantz-CMER Director
POB 2001
Sebastopol, CA 95473          
 <
mailto:judy@movement-education.org>
(310) 477-9535

Refund Policy:
For course refund policy go to:  
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