DEMYSTIFYING DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY AS A COUNSELING SPECIALTY

LESLIE ARMENIOX, PhD, LPC, BC-DMT Public Relations Liaison to Counseling [email protected]

SUSAN SAENGER, MA, LPC, BC-DMT Chairperson of the DMTCB [email protected]

AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION

         1966 MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING, & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE CODE OF ETHICS RESEARCH

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION CREDENTIALING BODY DMTCB WEB SITE WWW.adta.org

[email protected]

NBCC RECOGNIZED DMT AS A COUNSELNG SPECIALTY

  1995-2000 TASK FORCE    BENEFIT CONSUMERS BY MAKING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH MORE ACCESSIBLE  NBCC REVIEWED GRADUATE PROGRAMS, CURRICULUM, RESEARCH, LITERATURE, HISTORICAL RECORDS, FINANCIAL RECORDS CACREP COMPARISON BC-DMT CREDENTIAL REQUIRED ALTERNATE ROUTE

2020 VISION OF COUNSELING

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Counseling is a professional

relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.

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Counseling is single profession with

specialized areas of training.

DEFINING DMT

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PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC USE OF MOVEMENT TO FURTHER THE EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS.

FOCUSES ON EXPRESSIVE, COMMUNICATIVE, AND ADAPTIVE MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR AS IT EMERGES IN THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP MOVEMENT PROVIDES MEANS FOR ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION AS OR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VERBAL APPROACHES CONSIDERED TRADITIONAL APPROACH NOT ALTERNATIVE

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

--Einstein

LICENSURE OF DMTs

    First licensed in 1995 35% of DMTs are licensed, most as counselors, in 29 states WI, NY, CA, PA specifically include DMT in bills One state includes regulation that counselors use creative arts (art, dance/movement, etc) in their work, but has resisted licensing qualified DMTs

EDUCATION & TRAINING

     Master’s and PhD programs  55-60 semester hours for master’s  addresses core counseling curriculum  unique educational competencies  Counseling +DMT 350 hour practicum + 700 hour internship Clinical supervision R-DMT BC-DMT  3000 hours clinically supervised work experience  Portfolio Exam

DMT OPERATING PRINCIPLES

       BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT ARE CONNECTED 80-90% OF COMMUNICATION IS NONVERBAL MOVEMENT REFLECTS OUR PERSONALITIES, CULTURES, PERCEPTIONS, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS, STORIES PHYSICAL MOVEMENT IS HEALING, RESTORATIVE, AND PREVENTIVE NOVELTY, PHYSICAL MOVEMENT, & ENRICHED EXPERIENCES STIMULATE NEUROGENESIS CHANGE IN MOVEMENT AFFECTS TOTAL FUNCTIONING EMBODIMENT CAN LEAD TO TRANSFORMATION

CREATIVE ARTS IN COUNSELING VS. CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES    DMT & CATS: NONVERBAL MEDIUM AND EXPRESSION THROUGH ARTS IS PRIMARY, WHILE VERBAL IS SECONDARY, AND USED TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS CAC: VERBAL IS PRIMARY, USE OF CREATIVE ARTS AS INTERVENTION IS SECONDARY, & USED WHEN NONVERBAL IS MOST APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR CLIENT EXAMPLES  COUNSELOR TEACHES CLIENT WALKING MEDITATION  DMT HELPS CLIENT INCREASE FLOW INTO TORSO TO DEEPEN BREATHING WHILE GROUNDING AND PROCESSING THE EMOTIONS THAT ARE CONNECTED

DMT ADDRESSES MULTICULTURAL DIFFERENCES

      Everyone moves and uses nonverbal communication Non-verbal observational skills are important to understanding the richness of cultural expression, and therefore contribute to multicultural competency Dance reflects culture, history, styles of communication, values, work Dance provides means to socialize, celebrate, mourn, tell stories, pray, heal, meditate Most cultures maintain dance as important component Recent revival of “American” Dance

WITH MULTICULTURAL CLIENTS:

     DMT IS BIAS-FREE APPROACH LESS ANXIETY-PRODUCING TO THOSE WHOSE LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE LIMITED OR LESS DEVELOPED SERVES TO REDUCE ANXIETY MOVEMENT REPRESENTS MULTIPLE FACTORS AT ONCE ASSIMILATION OF COPING SKILLS VARIES BASED ON MOVEMENT REPERTOIRE, WHICH IS MORE PRACTICAL TO ASSESS THAN LEVEL OF SOCIOCULTURAL ASSIMILATION

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

COUNSELING SKILL

LISTEN RAPPORT REFLECT EMPATHY QUESTIONS SYMBOLS METAPHOR CONFRONT SUMMARIZE

DMT SKILL

OBSERVE VISUAL & RHYTHMIC SYNCHRONY MIRROR, ECHO KINESTHETIC EMPATHY INTRODUCE CHANGE SYMBOLIC MOVEMENT MOVING METAPHOR INTRODUCE CHANGE, COMPARISONS SEQUENCE, REVIEW

COUNSELING PROCESS

COUNSELING

BUILD ON EXISTING STRENGTHS GOALS & PLAN ASSESSMENT SELF-AWARENESS IMPROVE COPING SKILLS EXPRESS EMOTIONS CHANGE BEHAVIOR

DMT

BUILD ON MOVEMENT STRENGTHS GOALS & PLAN TRANSLATED MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BODY/MIND AWARENESS EXPAND REPERTOIRE & PRACTICE SKILLS EXPRESS EMOTIONS USING MOVEMENT MOVE DIFFERENTLY

EXAMPLES OF THEORIES SHARED BY COUNSELING & DMT

THEORY

CBT PSYCHODYNAMIC ADLERIAN PERSON-CENTERED SOLUTION-FOCUSED EXISTENTIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST

COUNSELING

CHANGE THOUGHTS SELF-ANALYSIS, DREAMS GOALS, SKILLS, APPROACH TO LIFE TALKING TOGETHER WHERE DO I WANT TO BE?

AUTHENTICITY NARRATIVE

DMT

IN VIVO RECAPITULATION OF EARLY OBJECT RELATIONS INTERACT & PRACTICE SKILLS IN SOCIAL CONTEXT MOVING TOGETHER HOW DO I MOVE WHEN I’M THERE?

EMBODIED AUTHENTICITY MOVING THE STORY

CASE EXAMPLES

 SUZI TORTORA: DMT IS MOST APPROPRIATE AND PREFERRED APPROACH   DAVID ALAN HARRIS IN AFRICA VERBAL/NONVERBAL INTEGRATED APPROACH IN HAWAII

QUESTIONS?

 Further inquiries can be made to [email protected]

or ssaenger@  Copies of this presentation are available at the AASCB web site www.aascb.org

 More information on DMT is available at www.adta.org

THANK YOU!

MAHALO!