Dance Therapy Conference

Greetings! The Philippine Dance Therapy Association invites you to attend the:

Body Talk: Dance Therapy Conference
"Express, Listen and Understand Your Body
Through Movement and Dance"

About DMT and the Conference:

Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is the psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process which furthers emotional, social, cognitive and physical integration of the individual (ADTA, 1999). It is part of the creative arts therapy program which emerged as a distinct profession in the 1940s in the US.

Dance Movement Therapy is used in enhancing guidance and health promotion programsin schools as well as an effective treatment for people with developmental, medical social, physical and psychological impairments (autism, trauma from sexual abuse, cancer survivors, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, ADHD, depression, etc.) in the US, UK, Australia, Japan among other countries.

The Body Talk: Dance Therapy Conference is recognized by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) which is the official organization dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the profession of dance/movement therapy in the US. ADTA approved Continuing Education workshops are approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) in the US.

The conference is open to all who are interested in the potential of dance/movement as a healing art. Dance enthusiasts, professionals from various fields: humanities, psychology, human kinetics, counseling etc. could benefit from attending the conference since it aims to provide us an understanding of dance/movement therapy as a profession and to enrich the participants' professional lives.

Experiential structures will be provided to demonstrate the expressive body-mind, promote self-awareness and adaptability on kinesthetic level. It will also introduce the multi-roles of the therapist and demonstrate ethical & professional practice; and to answer to questions that relate to clinical issues and the populations the participants might be working with.

All activities will be based on dance/movement therapy concepts that will be explained during the process. Furthermore films will be shown to help participants see how DMT can be used for various populations and help enable connecting the experience with actual practice.

Conference Details:

When: May 23-24, 2009 (one and half days )

May 23: Saturday 8 AM - 5PM
May 24: Sunday 8AM - 12PM

* Registration starts at 7:30AM and the warm-up activities by 8AM (Sharp!)

Resource Speaker: Ms. Sharon Chaiklin, DTR, ADTR (USA)

- Sharon Chaiklin is a founding member of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) and was president for 4 years. She has over 20 years extensive experience as a dance therapist and dance therapist supervisor. She has published many articles and books on Dance Movement Therapy and her latest book will be released in May 2009 in the US ("Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy: Life is Dance").

Venue: Conference Hall, U.P. Balay Kalinaw, Diliman Campus, Q.C.

Conference Fee: Php 3,200 (Early Bird Rate till May 8)
Php 3,500 (Regular Rate)

The fee covers the meals, certificate and kit for the one and half day seminar.

To ensure maximum learning and quality of your workshop experience, we are only accepting a limited number of participants. Hence we encourage you to confirm your attendance as soon as possible.

You may reserve and confirm your attendance by paying the full conference fee OR a reservation fee of Php 1,500 at any RCBC Branch.

Account Name: Dinghy B. Sharma/Carla Virtudazo
Account Type: Savings Account, RCBC Katipunan Branch
Account Number: 1113113682

Kindly keep the deposit slip once you have paid and please e-mail me.

NOTE: Your reservation fee can be used as partial payment of early bird rate of the conference.

We hope to see you there and please feel free to forward the information to your contacts/colleagues .

Sincerely,
Dinghy B. Sharma, M.A. R.G.C. (Denjie)
Associate Member, ADTA
Founding Member, PDTA
Mobile:0917- 9355926
www.dancetherap. multiply. com