Improvisation in the performing arts: shaping or letting go?
In a museum in Istanbul, the dancer stands on a stone about one meter square, set several feet above the ground. She has very little…
Tag: dance and movement therapy
Screen Time for Autistic Children
Jonas Torrance is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and a behaviour consultant, who has worked with autistic children for over 30 years. He also facilitates…
Sign up for the Autism Movement Therapy® April 2016 UK workshops
Founder of Autism Movement Therapy® Inc. Joanne Lara will be in the UK this April to run AMT® certification workshops that will be open to…
Request a free copy of the new Art Therapy catalogue
Sign up to request your free copy of our latest brochure of new and bestselling books on Art Therapy. This includes information on our new…
Incorporating creativity in supervision
Anna Chesner, co-author of Creative Supervision Across Modalities, explains why using creativity in supervision sessions can benefit both the supervisor and supervisee, and gives her…
Healing with body, movement and soul – a Q&A with Jill Hayes
In this Q&A Jill Hayes, author of ‘Soul and Spirit in Dance Movement Psychotherapy’, explains why a transpersonal approach to Dance Movement Psychotherapy is so…
Creative therapists: How to be your own boss
In this extract from The Art of Business, author Emery Hurst Mikel takes a step-by-step look at the process of marketing yourself as a self-employed…
Celebrating the stories of Sesame
JKP was delighted to attend the launch of Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairy-tale: The Golden Stories of Sesame by Jenny Pearson, Mary Smail and Pat…
Entering into the realm of imagination – an extract from Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale
Jenny Pearson, co-author of ‘Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale’, explains how this extract, from one of the chapters written by the late Pat Watts, expertly…
VIDEO: ‘The Funshop’ – John Killick using playfulness in dementia
John Killick demonstrates some of the playfulness techniques showcased in his new book, Playfulness and Dementia: A Practice Guide in the video below. Professor Dawn Brooker, Director…