MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy
Ciara, MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy
2 years full-time or 3 years part-time.
If you're applying for funding, you may be subject to an application deadline. Find out more about funding opportunities for home/EU applicants, or funding for international applicants.
Admission is normally by interview day, including a group movement session. We ask international students to submit a movement portfolio demonstrating their ability to move alone and with one or more people, beyond the use of technical movement vocabulary. We will send you further details, and guidelines for the movement portfolio submission, when you request an application form. Alternatively please contact Caroline Frizell using the details below.
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An honours degree or its professional equivalent in dance or a related subject area. Non-graduates with extensive experience in a related field will be considered. A minimum of two years’ experience in dance and/or movement forms is required, and experience of paid or voluntary work in health, social, education or community services is necessary.
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This programme provides you with a broad understanding of the theories and practices of dance movement therapy necessary for safe and effective clinical work, and enables you to practise as a dance movement therapist.
Your learning is underpinned by the principles and practices of psychodynamic psychotherapy within the social, political and multicultural context of mental health care and educational settings, and informed by contemporary dance practice and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA).
Via theoretical studies, movement observation studies, dance practice workshops, clinical work and experiential learning, you integrate cognitive understanding and practical experience with a developing awareness of self and other.
The nature of the therapeutic relationship between client, their movement, and the therapist is explored, and you have the opportunity to put your learning into practice through 120 days of supervised placements. This gives you the opportunity to relate your practical experience to your theoretical studies.
You are encouraged to develop your own dance/movement practice and to situate your work in relationship to your development as a therapist, to contemporary dance and movement practice. You are required to be in personal therapy throughout the programme, and become a student member of ADMP UK.
Taster evening
Our next Dance Movement Psychotherapy MA Taster Evening will take place on Wednesday 20 June 2012. There are limited places, so please book in advance by contacting Jennifer Mayo-Deman (j.mayo-deman@gold.ac.uk) or Caroline Frizell (c.frizell@gold.ac.uk). Find out more by downloading our Dance Movement Psychotherapy Taster Evening flyer.
About the programme
Alicia Sofia, a second year MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy student, discusses the programme and studying at Goldsmiths.
Assessment
Coursework; mid-course case study; final clinical report; placement portfolios.
Skills
The MA will develop skills including:
- in-depth clinical skills in work with children, adolescents and adults
- training in Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Kestenberg Developmental Movement
- an understanding of psychodynamic concepts
- development of your own dance movement practice
Careers
Our graduates offer a valuable and unique service to their clients and to the multidisciplinary teams in which they work. Graduates have gone on to practise as dance movement psychotherapists in the NHS, social services, education and community sectors. We regularly receive positive feedback from organisations that employ Goldsmiths graduate dance movement psychotherapists.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information. If you subsequently decide to apply for this programme you will be able to use the same login details to apply.
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