Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience.

Chair:

Nanine Ewing, Ph.D., ADTR, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Houston, Texas

In this nonverbal experience using dance movement and therapy as the medium, you will have the opportunity to experience the personal and collective unconscious in a group experience. Participants will be invited into a relationship with the body unconscious through the use of ritual and movement.
experiential-didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Experience the use of movement as a vehicle to the unconscious.
2. Observe the group process nonverbally.
3. Analyze the use of the leader in group development.
4. Access the Self as the ego is less present in the group process.
 

Course References:

1. Adler. (1996). The Collective Body. Adler, American Journal of Dance Therapy, 18(2) Fall/Winter, 81-94.
2. Ettin. (1995). The Spirit of Jungian Group Psychotherapy: From Taboo to Totem, International Journal of Group Therapy, 45(4), October, 449-470.

3.Lewis. (1996). Depth Psychotherapy in Dance/Movement Therapy, Lewis, 18(2) Fall/Winter, 95-114.