Dance Movement Psychotherapy

Danielle Fraenkel, Ph.D.,NCC, BC-DMT, LMHC, LCAT, CGP
Musician, Jeffrey Mehr, MA

LivingDance~LivingMusic™ Under the Full Moon in Corfu, Greece
June 30-July 7 (first meal together is dinner (supper) at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 30

You can read about what the week is like at

http://www.kinections.com/corfu.php

EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HELLENIC SOCIETY OF GRPOUP ANALYSIS & FAMILY THERAPY

International Conference

CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION IN GROUPS, COUPLES, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY


24-27 May 2012 • Athens, Greece

I will present at this conference a workshop "TRANSITIONAL SPACE: A SAFE SPACE FOR WORKING – THROUGH CONFLICTS IN FAMILY THERAPY WITH A PLAY – AGE FAMILY" and I will paricipate at a table with a presentation "THE COMMUNICATION OF CONTAINMENT PATTERNS FROM PARENT’S FAMILIES OF ORIGIN OVER THEIR FAMILY. A CASE OF A THREE CHLDREN PLAY – AGE FAMILY"

information at http://efppathens2012.gr/

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PHD IN EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES ACADEMIC POSITION

Job Description:
The Expressive Therapies Division of Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts invites applicants to apply for a full-time position in the Expressive Therapy program. This position is a 10-month assignment with responsibilities in the PhD and MA programs. Reporting to the Division Director, the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor will teach courses, advise students, and sustain an academic program of study, and participate in university citizenship.
Requirements:
Applicants must have at least five years of appropriate arts therapy credentials, graduate teaching experience in expressive arts therapy; demonstrated scholarship in the area of expressive arts therapy; and clinical practice experience in expressive arts therapy. A doctorate in expressive arts therapy or related field is also required. Rank is commensurate with experience.

Additional Information:
Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.
Deadline for submitting application materials is: February 1, 2012 or until filled.
For more information:
http://lesley.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=29278&CNTRNO=1&TSTMP=1325703783943

Two other positions also available:
Art Therapy – http://lesley.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=29268
Music Therapy - http://lesley.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=27978

7/3/10

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain 12th - 16th July, 2010
(Arrival days at Lanzarote are Saturday, 10th or Sunday, 11th July, 2010)

Bonnie Meekums, PhD, SrDMP (UK), University of Leeds
"Embodying Transformation"
Eila Goldhahn, PhD, SrDMP (UK), Germany
"What means 'Authenticity' in Movement?"
Leah Bartal, SrDMP (UK), London
"Movement, Masks & Archetypes"
Martina Isecke, SrDMP (UK), Lanzarote
"Dance Meditation & Movement Improvisation"
Seminar/ Course Fee: 360 € (310 € Students) *
the working language at the conference will be English

For Reservation/ Booking/ Conference Programme contact:
tinaise@yahoo.co.uk **
* The course fee includes all tuition and art material
** Provides further information on how to book an accommodation/ HB package
(flights not included) with the conference venue

University of Leeds, School of Healthcare funded PhD studentships competition 2010-2011

Background: The School of Healthcare has a vibrant postgraduate research culture and excellent facilities for PhD students. We can offer a broad range of research expertise to the postgraduate students, based around the school's key research themes: Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Medicines Management, Public Health, Symptom Management and Long-Term Conditions. The School scored highly in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, with the majority of the School’s research in Nursing and Midwifery classed as 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent' in terms of originality, significance and rigour. We work closely with other Schools and Institutes in the University, with other universities and NHS Trusts in the city and surrounding region. See our website http://www.healthcare.leeds.ac.uk/ for more information and supervisor contact details.

Due to students recent submission of their thesis vacancies have arisen
for PhD students in DMT at the University of Hertfordshire to study in
the School of Psychology with Professor Helen Payne, PhD. You would join
an active research group and undertake a programme of studies following
your own thread of interest.

Please make contact with Helen on the email below if you are interested.
Applicants need to be qualified dance movement therapists.

H.L.Payne@herts.ac.uk
Professor Helen Payne, PhD; UKCP; SRegDMP;
MGAS; MPhil; PGDip; Laban Cert; Cert Ed;
Chair in Psychotherapy,
School of Psychology
University of Hertfordshire,
Meridian House,
32 The Common,
Hatfield, Herts
AL10 0NZ
UK 00 44 (0)1707 285861

Laban again in Bratislava – Application of movement studies in dance, theatre and therapy

November 27 – 29, 2009

The conference is dedicated to 130th birth anniversary of Rudolf Laban, a reputable movement theoretician born in Bratislava. This conference is a follow-up to an earlier one called "Laban for 21st century" which was held in Bratislava in September 2006 (organized by "Bratislava in Movement" non-profit organization in collaboration with Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York).
Part of LabanFest 2009 is a premier of dance theatre piece "Soft Edge" which will take part on December 13, 2009 in Municipal Theatre Hviezdoslav in Bratislava (co-organizer: Bratislava Cultural Center).

Conference mission

The mission of the conference is to establish the dialogue about the creative applications of Laban´s ideas in theory and practice in three disciplines – performing arts, dance pedagogy and dance movement therapy. Alike the purpose of the meeting of experts and professionals is the presentation of diverse possibilities of using movement as strong communication and healing medium, which is able effectively contribute to change of the quality of human life in relationship to actual problems of contemporary society.

Conference main goals

The conference aims to introduce Laban movement theories and principles to community of professionals in Slovakia who deal with movement within the disciplines of performing arts and dance movement therapy. The priority of the conference is to closely intertwine practical and theoretical applications.
The long-term goal of the conference is to actively motivate the development of the potential in Slovakia through collaboration with experts mainly from Europe and possibly from other parts of the world.