Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)
Group Type: Workshop
Goals of the Group:
- Enhance Self-Awareness: Increase understanding of emotions and bodily sensations.
- Develop Coping Strategies: Teach movement-based techniques for managing emotions.
- Promote Expressive Communication: Encourage non-verbal expression of feelings through movement.
- Build Resilience: Foster emotional resilience in a safe environment.
- Foster Connection: Create a supportive community among participants.
- Encourage Mind-Body Integration: Promote harmony between physical movement and emotional expression.
Who Is The Group For?
- Anyone who wants to understand and cope with their emotions better.
- Individuals navigating a physical or mental illness.
- Caregivers.
- Seniors.
- People with disabilities.
- People with special needs.
- Those in recovery.
Discussion Topics:
- Emotional awareness and regulation.
- Movement-based coping strategies.
- Non-verbal expression of feelings.
- Emotional resilience.
- Mind-body integration.
What Will We Talk About?
- The connection between movement and emotions.
- Techniques for managing emotions through movement.
- The importance of non-verbal expression.
- Building emotional resilience.
- Creating a supportive community.
Glimpse of the Session:
- Session 1: Introduction and Grounding
- Check-in and intention setting.
- Body awareness exercises.
- Exploring the emotional systems.
- Session 2: Identifying Emotional Triggers
- Identifying emotional triggers and glimmers using movement.
- Session 3: Developing Coping Mechanisms
- Developing embodied resilience strategies.
- Session 4: Emotional Integration and Reflection
- Exploring and integrating emotional shifts and transformation.
Please note that the session topics, order, and other details may be subject to change based on the needs and preferences of the group members and facilitators.
Facilitator Bio:
Facilitator: Preethi Rajagopalan
Preethi Rajagopalan is a Trauma Informed Dance Movement Therapy Practitioner with a passion for empowering individuals through the transformative power of movement. In 2015, she earned her certification as a Dance Movement Therapy Facilitator from the esteemed Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMTAI).
Building on her foundation, she pursued a postgraduate-level dance therapy program at the prestigious National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT) in Montreal, Canada. Preethi has further credentials in trauma studies from the Trauma Research Foundation in the USA and the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate Program from The Embody Lab. To further her understanding of the body and mind, she’s currently enrolled in a 3-year Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training program from Somatic Experiencing International. She currently is the Co-Director of the Certificate Course in Dance Movement Therapy offered by CMTAI and works at a Maarga Mind Care as a part time Dance Movement Therapy Practitioner.
Preethi Rajagopalan is a Trauma Informed Dance Movement Therapy Practitioner with a passion for empowering individuals through the transformative power of movement. In 2015, she earned her certification as a Dance Movement Therapy Facilitator from the esteemed Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMTAI).
Building on her foundation, she pursued a postgraduate-level dance therapy program at the prestigious National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT) in Montreal, Canada. Preethi has further credentials in trauma studies from the Trauma Research Foundation in the USA and the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate Program from The Embody Lab. To further her understanding of the body and mind, she’s currently enrolled in a 3-year Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training program from Somatic Experiencing International. She currently is the Co-Director of the Certificate Course in Dance Movement Therapy offered by CMTAI and works at a Maarga Mind Care as a part time Dance Movement Therapy Practitioner.
