Integrating Body work in Counselling : SERIES- I in August & September 2020

 Integrating Body work in Counselling

East West Center for Counselling and Training  began a series with counselling and other art forms used as therapeutic tools in August & September 2020

This series was for 4 weekend “An Online Certificate course on using Dance Movement Therapy in trauma informed approach to Counselling”. 

Trauma can leave one feeling disconnected from their body, their families and the world around them (Levine, 2010). “Trauma can be  defined as a sudden and forceful event or prolonged exposure to stressful life events which overtime overwhelms a person’s ability to respond. Trauma need not always involve actual physical harm to oneself; an event can be traumatic if it  contradicts one’s worldview and overpowers one’s ability to cope  where one’s sense of safety, hope and agency have severely been compromised. “ A trauma-informed approach comes from understanding the body-mind connection and how the impact of trauma affects the nervous system ,the brain’s neurological processes  and emotional regulation. Addressing  trauma by integrating body work in counselling can facilitate resource activation and healing processes.

Inviting all mental health practitioners and counsellors who wish to integrate arts in their work.

Facilitators: 

Katia Verreault – Group facilitator, dance movement therapist, dance instructor and Founder of A Moving World-We dance

Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Founder Director of East West Center for Counselling and Training

DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY WORKSHOP| December 14th & 15th, 2019

The focus of the Dance Movement Therapy workshop was on Trauma and Body. It was facilitated by Katia Verreault (Amsterdam) – Group facilitator, Dance movement therapist, Dance instructor and Founder of A Moving World-We dance. Katia is dance movement therapist, special needs teacher trainer, group facilitator and dance instructor with extensive work experience in multi-cultural environments and community settings in the field of specialized education, transcultural psychiatry, trauma, resilience-building and dance movement therapy. 

The first day of the workshop was about Dance Movement Therapy and the participants were taken through how movement can be used therapeutically. The second day's focus was on trauma and the use of DMT for clients with trauma. The participants benefited from the experiential learning that they had and gained different insights about trauma. 

Dear All,

Greetings!!

Dance is performing art from consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture. Dance movement therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving health and well-being. We are conducting two days workshop on Dance Movement Thearpy on December. 

Facilitator:
Katia Verreault (Amsterdam) – Group facilitator, Dance movement therapist, Dance instructor and Founder of A Moving World-We dance

Katia is dance movement therapist, special needs teacher trainer, group facilitator and dance instructor with extensive work experience in multi-cultural environments and community settings in the field of specialised education, transcultural psychiatry, trauma, resilience-building and dance movement therapy. 

Dates: 14th & 15th December 2019

Timing: 9.30 am to 4 pm

Course Fee:Rs. 1500(+GST) for students

Rs. 5000 (+GST) for others

(Contact us for group registrations)

Venue: AICUF, Sterling road, Nungambakam, Chennai.

Email: training@centerforcounselling.org

For Registeration: click here

Further details, please visit our website: click here

Call us on: 9884700104/9884700106