Dance/Movement Therapy for Trauma Survivors

Rebekka Dieterich-Hartwell, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC is a dance/movement therapist and researcher interested in the neurobiological effects of trauma. She currently serves as member-at-large in the American Dance Therapy Association. Anne Margrethe Melsom, MA, BC-DMT, LPC, NCC is a dance/movement therapy educator at Drexel University’s Creative Arts Therapies Master’s Program and is past chair of the American Dance Therapy Association’s Committee on Approval.

Section 1: Foundational Concepts in Dance/Movement Therapy and Psychological Trauma 1. Theoretical Underpinnings of Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Psychological Trauma 2. Embodied Conversations: Culturally and Trauma-Informed Healing Practices in Dance/Movement Therapy 3. Neurobiological Considerations in the Treatment of Trauma from a Dance/Movement Therapy Perspective 4. Bridging the Chasm and Calming the Storm: The Relational Perspective on Dance/Movement Therapy for Trauma Section 2: Clinical Applications with Various Populations 5. Body, Brain, and Relationship: Dance/Movement Therapy with Children with Complex Trauma 6. Trauma, Oppression, and Dance/Movement Therapy with Adolescents: An Inside out Approach for the Counselor/Therapist 7. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Dance/Movement Therapy for Persons Living with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 8. Dance/Movement Therapy: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Engagement in the Treatment of Substance Use 9. Dance/Movement Therapy: Renewing Purpose when Emerging from Sexual Abuse and International Human Sex Trafficking 10. Dance/Movement Therapy, Trauma, and Criminalization: Reflecting on Feminist and Participatory Approaches 11. Refugees Dealing with Complex Trauma: Dance/Movement Therapy for Survivors of the Genocide of the Yazidi 12. A Return to the Body: Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy for Individuals with Eating Disorders 13. Dance/Movement Therapy with Active Duty and Veteran Military Populations 14. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy in the Context of Medical Illness Section 3: Widening the Scope of Dance/Movement Therapy 15. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy in the Age of Telehealth 16. Multigenerational Cultural Trauma Considerations in Dance/Movement Therapy 17. Dance/Movement Therapy and Trauma Stewardship: A Practical Guide for Helping Professionals 18. Trauma-Informed Dance/Movement Therapy: Implications for Healing-Centered Education, Practice, and Research