The purpose of this course is to introduce movement therapy as a treatment option that practitioners can incorporate into their work with clients, with the goal of improvement outcomes. In addition, members of the public may use this course to enhance their personal knowledge of the subject matter presented.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1. Describe movement and dance in the context ofpsychotherapy.
2. Describe how various world cultures have used movement, dance, and ritual for emotional healing as a separate entity from modern psychology.
3. Outline the work of earlier pioneers in the psychotherapeutic and dance professions who used movement in healing.
4. Describe how the field of dance and movement therapy emerged as its own discipline.
5. Define conscious dance and explain its differences to dance therapy.
6. Discuss the importance of movement to healing the limbic area of the brain affected by trauma.
7. Summarize the psychotherapeutic profession's research findings and applications for working with mindfulness, movement, and yoga.
8. Describe how to assess clients for the appropriateness of movement-based adjuncts in clinical therapy.
9. Discuss how adding simple movement techniques can enhance traditional, talk-based therapy, and apply basic movement-related exercises to existing clinical work.
10. Decide whether or not further training in movement-related modalities is a good fit for one's own clinical repertoire.
11. Outline special considerations for movement- and dance-related modalities, including cultural competence and group therapy.
This 10-hour continuing education course is available for download for professional development; if continuing education credit is desired, please see instructions included in eBook.
