67th Annual Conference

Friday, February 26

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 64

Dancing with the Unconscious

Chair:                

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

In this non-verbal 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 movement.
(Wear comfortable clothing, lots of movement required.) didactic-demonstration-experiential-sharing of work experiences

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 non-verbally.
3. Analyze the use of the leader in group development.
4. Access the Self as the ego is less present in group process.
 

Course References:

Bloom, Katya. The Embodied Self: Movement and Psychoanalysis, London and New York, Karnac 2006.

Dosamantes-Beandry, Irma. American Journal of Dance Therapy, Vol. 29, No. 2, December 2007, 73 91.

Rochester, Janet Adler. Offering from the Conscious Body: The Discipline of Authentic Movement. Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002.