Name:DitaJudithFederman

CURRICULUMVITAE 1-1-17

1. PersonalDetails

PermanentHomeAddress:7OfakimLane,Haifa,IsraelHomeTelephoneNumber:048348478OfficeTelephoneNumber:04-8249750CellularPhone:972-542447042FaxNumber:972-4-8242458ElectronicAddress:ditafederman@gmail.com

2. HigherEducation

A. UndergraduateandGraduateStudies

YearofApprovalofDegree

Degree NameofInstitutionandDepartment

PeriodofStudy

1974BAHebrewUniversityJerusalemDepartmentofEnglishLiterature

1970-1973

1981BAUniversityofHaifa,DepartmentofPsychology

1979-1981

1982CertificationUniversityofHaifa,FacultyofEducation,ContinuingEducation,DanceMovementTherapy

1981-1982

1992MA

ExpressiveArtsTherapies,UniversityofLesley,Boston

1990-1992

1995CertificationTechnion,RambamHospitalMedicalSchool,Haifa,SchoolofPsychotherapy

1993-1995

2008PhD UniversityofSurrey,UK,DepartmentofHumanandLifeScience

2003-2007

B.Post-DoctoralStudies:None

3. AcademicRanksandTenureinInstitutesofHigherEducation

Rank/PositionNameofInstitutionandDepartment

Dates

HeadoftheDanceMovementtherapysection(DMT)SeniorResearcher

UniversityofHaifa,FacultyofSocialWelfare&HealthServices.

2008-present

4. OfficesinUniversityAcademicAdministration

1994-2017-HeadoftheDanceMovementTherapyprogram.GraduateSchoolofCreativeArtsTherapies.FacultyofSocialWelfare&HealthSciences.

5. ScholarlyPositionsandActivitiesoutsidetheUniversity

Initiationanddevelopment:1982-1994:Initiating,developingandmanagingtheuseofDanceMovement

Therapyatthepsychiatricdepartmentat"Rambam"Hospital,Haifa.1982-1994:Developmentandmanagementofsupervision-on-supervisiongroupsin

DanceMovementTherapyforfieldworktherapistsandprofessionals.Activepositions:2005-2007:ActiveparticipationintheEuropeanNetworkfortheDevelopmentof

DanceMovementTherapy.Activityinvolvedtransmission&exchangesofknowledge,approvalofcoursesstudiesindancetherapyprogramsinEurope.

*Present -Memberof thecommitteeforcreatinganewAssociationof IntegrativemultilayeredPsychotherapy

2011–Present.Memberintheprofessionalcommitteeofthecouncilforhighereducation('Malag'):ForassessinggraduatestudiesintheArtsTherapies.2013-LecturetotheBritishFriendsofHaifaUniversity:InMovementandSound:TheuseofDMT&MTinimprovingtheQoL&functionalmobilityofParkinson'sdiseasepatients.

Teaching/lecturinginvariousUniversitiesoutsideIsraeltopromoterelationsinthehopetodevelopprogramsoftheartstherapiesinthosecountries:*2012UniversityofMurcia,Spain.*2012ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok,Thailand.*2013theBritishFriendsofHaifaUniversityinLondon(Lecture).* 2014 The Catholic University of applied sciences, Freiburg,Germany.*2016The Catholic University of applied sciences, Freiburg,Germany.*2017HANUniversityofAppliedSciencesNijmegen,theNetherlands..*ReviewofArticlesforRefereedJournals:2006-2010:Associateeditorforthejournal:Body,MovementandDancein

Psychotherapy,aninternationalJournalforTheory,ResearchandPractice.London:Routledge.Positioninvolvesreviewingofarticlesaswellasinvolvementwiththeboardofthejournalfordevelopmentopportunities.

2011-present:Reviewerforthejournal;Artstherapies–Researchandcreativityinthetherapeuticprocess.

2014–Assessment/evaluationofaProposal for doctoral dissertation.Bar Ilan University, Gender Studies. Name of proposal: 'Self-perception, body-image and dance/movement group therapy among Haredi women: A culturally sensitive approach'. Supervised by: Professor Kimmy Caplan, Professor Michal Al Yagon. Name of candidate: Gail Suskin MembershipinProfessionalAssociations:1983–2013IsraeliAssociationofCreativeandExpressiveTherapies-I.C.E.Tsince2012–IsraelmultilayerPsychotherapyAssociation.2013-MembershiptotheInternationalDanceCouncilCID,undertheUNESCO(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization).

MiscellaneousProfessionalDegrees

Date Degree

1982

DanceMovementTherapyCertificationUniversityofHaifa,FacultyofEducation

1992 ExpressiveArtsTherapy:Zurich,Switzerland.

1995 SchoolofPsychotherapyCertification

FacultyofMedicine,Technion,Haifa1998 GroupTherapy:fromBiontoFolks,CarmelCenterforgroupwork2002 MovementProfileAnalysisLabanotationInstitute,Universityof

Surrey,UK

6. ParticipationinScholarlyConferencesa.ActiveParticipation

RoleSubjectof

Lecture/DiscussionPlaceofConference

NameofConference Date

presentation TheSkeleton–WomanMovementandMyth–DanceandBibliotherapy.

Jerusalem, Israel

Dialoguesofintimacy,jealousyandcompetition:TheConferenceoftheIsraeliAssociationofCreativeandExpressiveTherapies(I.C.E.T).

1996

poster IdentityDisorder–ViewPointofanIntermodalstaffinadaycentreofaPsychiatricward.

Tel-Aviv,Israel

ThesixthConferenceoftheIsraeliPsychiatricAssociation.

1988

presentation DMTaspartofanintermodaltherapywithAnorexiaNervosaPatients.

Tel-Aviv,Israel

ThesixthConferenceoftheIsraeliPsychiatricAssociation.

1988

presentationTheDancingTherapist:EthicaldilemmasSpecifictoDMT.

Haifa,Israel

TheConferenceonEthicalIssuesintheArtsTherapies

2006

posterEmpathyandkinaestheticabilityintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDMTtrainees.

UniversityofHaifa

Facultyscientificworks

2010

RoleSubjectofLecture/Discussion

PlaceofConference

NameofConference Date

Keynotespeaker

TheCo-jointChangeinKinaesthesia&OpennesstoExperienceintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDMTtrainees

Tel-Aviv,Israel

WhoisafraidofResearch

2011

PanelLeader&Lecturer

Arts&wellnessacrossthespanofalifetime:pediatricstoolderadults:asynthesisoftheinter-relationofbrain,bodyandtheinterpersonalworld.

SchoolofMedicine,'Rambam'Hospital,Haifa.

Internationalcongress:TheArchofArtsinHealth;IsraelInstituteofTechnology&theFacultyofMedicine

2013

InvitedLecturer

TherelationbetweenresearchandDanceMovementTherapy.

Bar-IlanUniversity

Conferenceontherelationbetweenresearchandtherapy

2013

Participantindiscussion

BetweenScienceandMovement

WeizmannInstitute,Israel

Conference,annualevent

2015

International:presentation MotionandEmotion:

TheConjointRelationshipbetweenKinaestheticabilityandEmotionalityinDMTTraining.

Crete,Greece

EighthEuropeanArtsTherapiesConference(ECArTE):GroundingtheVisiontoadvanceTheoryandPractice

2005

Presentation

SupervisioninDMTMadrid:SpainEuropeanArtsTherapiesConference(ECArTE)

2007

Paneldiscussion

DMT&LMAasanassessmenttool

Munich,Frizing

conferenceonmovementassessment

2007

InvitedLecturer

1.DanceMovementtherapy-InterventionSkills.2.ApproachesinDanceMovementTherapy:MirrorNeurons,Theory&Experience.

ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok,Thailand

AsianMusic&CreativeArtsTherapySummit

2012

Invitedlecturer

OpennesstoNewExperiences&Kinaesthesia

Murcia,Spain

Internationalcongress:fromcreativitytosociallink

2012

RoleSubjectofLecture/Discussion

PlaceofConference

NameofConference Date

InvitedLecturer,Workshopleader

DanceMovementTherapy(DMT)andNeuroscience.DMT-interventionmethods.

Murcia,Spain

InternationalSummerCourseonAdvancedArtTherapy&theCreativeTherapies

2013

WorkshopSelf-awareness,reflection&movementtopromoteempathy.

UniversitéParisDescartes

12thEuropeanArtsTherapiesConference

2013

InternationalPanel

DMTattheGraduateSchoolofCreativeArtsTherapiesatTheUniv.ofHaifa,Israel

Chicago,USAADTAConference2014

LectureExploringthespacewithinonthewaytoovercomeTrauma

Goldsmith,London,GB

FindingSpaces,makingplaces.

2016

posterMotorcharacteristicsofauthenticunrestrictedbodilyemotionalexpressionsofhappinessandsadness

Vienna,AustriaInternationalConventionofPsychologicalScience(ICPS)

2017

posterRelationshipsbetweenHandwritingProcessandProductCharacteristicsandWhole-BodyMovementPatternsDuringemotionalExpressions

Oxford,GBBrain,body&cognition.

2017

LectureInvolvingmovement,bodyandemotiononthepathtoovercomingtrauma:Amodelforworkingwithtraumasurvivors

Oxford,GBBrain,body&cognition 2017

lectureAssessingatraumaticeventthroughtheinterplayofbodyandmind

Oxford,GBBrain,body&cognition2017

b.OrganizationofConferencesorSessions

RoleSubjectofConference/RoleatConference/Comments

PlaceofConference

NameofConference

Date

Scientificcommittee,headofpanel

NeuroscienceandDMT

UniversityofHaifa.

Brain,Therapy,andCreation.

2009

Scientificcommittee,HeadofPanel

Copingwithdisabilitythroughcreativearts

BenGurionUniversity

Social,personalgrowthandtheArtsTherapies.

2011

Initiating/organizing&headofpanel

MutualinfluencesofDMTneuroscience&Mindfulness

UniversityofHaifa

DMT,neuroscience&Mindfulness

2014

Initiating/organizingLecturing

TheRoletoTouchinDanceMovementPsychotherapy

UniversityofHaifa

TouchingtheBodyMind

2015

7. InvitedLectures

Presentation/CommentsNameofForumPlaceofLectureDateLearningasanExperientialProcesstowardsemotionalandphysicalchange

psychiatricdepartmentof"Afula"Hospital

May,2006

DMT-InterventionSkills.ApproachesinDMT:MirrorNeurons,Theory&Experience

AsianMusic&CreativeArtsTherapySummit

Chulalongkorn,University,Bangkok,Thailand

2012

TherelationbetweenresearchandDanceMovementTherapy

Conference–betweenresearch&therapy.

Bar-IlanUniversity2013

TheuseofDMTinimprovingtheQoL&functionalmobilityofParkinson'sdiseasepatients

BritishFriendsofHaifaUniversity

London2013

'TheArtofinclusion'-inclusion&exclusionineducation,socialaffairs&healthcare

Summerschool

Catholic University of applied sciences, FreiburgGermany

2014

ReachingOuttoPeopleInNeed,NoMatterWhoTheyAreorHowFar

AwayTheyLive

ADTA(AmericanDancetherapyassociation)

Chicago,USA2014

InterventionSkillswithNeurodegenerativedisease

CreativeArtsTherapy

Chulalongkorn,University,Bangkok,Thailand

2015

DMT&GrouptherapySchoolofphysicalTherapies:seminar

MahidolUniversity,Thailand

2015

Invitedlecture;DMTandTrauma

Internationalweek

Catholic University of applied sciences, FreiburgGermany

2016

Invitedlecture;DMTandTrauma

Internationalweek

Han University of applied sciences; Nijmegen,the Netherlands

2017

8. ColloquiumTalks

None

9. ResearchGrantsNone

10. Scholarships,AwardsandPrizes

• 2004-5:ScholarshipforDoctoralCandidates.TheGraduateSchool,UniversityofSurrey,UK.7200.-P.Sterling

• AmericanDanceTherapyAssociation’s2010ResearchAwards:Co-sponsoredbytheMarianChaceFoundationandtheADTAResearchSubcommittee.Forthestudy/articleentitled:TheCo-JointChangeinKinaestheticAbilityandOpennesstoExperienceintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDMTTrainees.

11. Teaching

a. CoursesTaughtinRecentYears

No.ofStudents

Degree

(Mandatory)NameofCourseYear

20 Diploma Lecture +Workshop

NormalandPathologicalDevelopment of the ”Self”:theoryandpractice.

6-1995

20 M.ALecture +Workshop

Modesofpersonalandinterpersonalcommunication-anintegrativeModel.

1996-2003

20 M.ALecture +Workshop

Bodylanguage–atherapeuticapproach.

1996-2003

20DiplomaLecture +Workshop

IntroductiontoDanceMovementTherapy(DMT)Theoryandpractice.

1994-2008

20DiplomaLecture +Workshop

ClinicalapproachesandtechniquesinDMT.

1994-2008

20DiplomaLecture +Workshop

ThetherapeuticinteractioninDMT.

1994-2008

20DiplomaLecture +Workshop

DMTinPsychiatricsettings–the'Chace'approach.

2000-2008

20DiplomaLecture +Workshop

TheIntersubjectiveapproachandDMT

2000-2008

30M.ALectureElectedissuesinArtTherapy2008-2010

30M.AIntroductionCourseMandatory

IntroductiontoDMT-Theory&Practice.

2008-present

30M.AlectureThetherapeuticinteractioninDMT-Theory&Practice

2008-present

15M.AworkshopMovementgroupprocess-introspection

2008-present

30M.ALectureDMTinPsychiatricsettings–the'Chace'approach

2008-present

24M.ASeminarClinical/practicalapproachesofcopingwithillness–abodilyapproach

2012/13

21M.ASeminarClinical/practicalapproachesofcopingwithillness–abodilyapproach

2014/5

21M.ALecture+workshop

IntroductiontoDanceMovementTherapy

2014/5

No.ofStudents

Degree

(Mandatory)NameofCourseYear

(DMT)Theoryandpractice

21M.ALecture+workshop

GroupProcessinDMT-the'Chace'approach

2014/5

21M.ALectureAdvancedapproachesinDMTTheory/Practice

2014/5

b. SupervisionofGraduateStudents

Students'Achievements

DateofCompletion/inProgress

Degree

TitleofThesisNameofStudent

93 Completed2012

M.A

Therelationbetweenmovementimprovisation,bodyimageandSelfFocusedAttention.

BalkAdva

95Terminatedwithexcellence-

Completed2012

M.A

Therelationbetweenexplicit&implicitselfevaluationandmovement.

KlifeldInbal

94 Completed2013

M.AThecojointrelationshipbetweenEmpowerment(Selfesteem,Self-Efficacy,LocosofControl)&patternsofmovementamongDMTtrainees.

KorlandIrit

88Completed2014

M.AThe Effect ofAquaticTherapy on Autism: Moto-Sensory, Communicative and Emotional Aspects Towards Construction of a Theoretical Model

KatzavVardit

TerminatedwithExcellence98

Completed2011

M.A

BodyandmemoryinthelifestoriesofHolocaustsurvivors.

ZanaGalit

Co-supervisionwithProf.RachelLevThesissubmittedPhDTraumaticevent–

narrative,movement,coping:towardsatheoreticalModel.

ZanaGalit

Co-supervisionwithProf.RachelLevProposalacceptedPhDWherebodymeets

mind:Exploringlinksbetweenparentalmentalizingandaffectregulationandtheirimpactonparent-infantinteraction

AffekEinav

Co-supervisionwithProf.RachelLev ProposalinprogressPhDtendencies,

qualities&patternsofmovementofPostTraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD)

Furlager Avital

proposalinprogress

PhDthehurtingbodytellsthestory-bodilyexpressionsofsexuallyabusedsurvivors;

LevinAviya

Co-supervisionwithProf GalRichter 91TerminatedM.Aregulationof

emotionthroughmovementinFibromyalgia

SchwartzRavit

90Completed2016

M.AMovement,emotion&personalitydimensions

SeraroHen

90TerminatedM.AMovementexpressionsofemotion

EfratShir

90Completed2016

M.AMovement&handwriting

BaumanHulieta

90TerminatedM.ATRANCEnDANCE :Physical-MotoriccharacteristicsofTrancedance:Towardsatheoreticalmodel

EnochShir

ProposalinprogressM.APainandsexualabusevictims

YifatShalem

ProposalinprogressM.APerceptionofrhythmsinParkinson'sdisease

Klepish Orit

ProposalacceptedM.APerceptionofemotionalmovementinParkinson'sdisease

Kaltar Moria

ProposalacceptedM.AtheinfluenceofdanceonBodyimage,selfimageamongreligious&non-religiousMuslimwoman

Attala vidad

Proposalaccepted

M.ADMT,depression&'Mindfulness'

Shimoni shalev

ProposalinprocessM.ADMT&Parkinson’sdisease

Rodan Dror

PUBLICATIONS

A. Ph.D.Dissertation

Title:'Kinaesthesia,Empathy,OpennesstoExperience,andControlintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDanceMovementTherapyTrainees'.Datesofthedissertation:Submitted-September2008,Approved–January2009.Numberofpages:321

Language:EnglishUniversity:ofSurrey,London,UKSupervisors:Dr.JanekDubowski,Head-PsychologicalTherapies,SchoolofHuman&LifeSciences,UKCo-Supervisor,Dr.StephenMunt,ProgrammeConvener,PsychologicalTherapies,UKCo-Supervisor, Dr. Lee Gaber, Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology,UniversityofHaifa.

B. ScientificBooksFederman, D.J. (2013). Dance Movement therapy: personality variables andmovementanalysis;Basicconceptsandmethodsofanalysis.Germany:Scholar'sPresspub.337pp.C. MonographsNone

D. ArticlesinRefereedJournals

1.Federman,D.(2001).Onthebodywhichremembersanddoesnotforgive:viewpointsonthedevelopmentofMovementTherapy.DanceToday-IsraeliJournalofDancing.4,64-67inHebrew.

2.Federman,D.andR.Stadler(2000).'The"Dionysia";ascontainerforprocessesofdis-andre-integration.TherapythroughtheArts'.JournaloftheIsraeliAssociationofCreativeandExpressiveTherapies.1,no.377-85inHebrew.

3.Federman,D.J.(2010).TheCo-jointChangeinKinaesthesiaandOpennesstoExperienceintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDMTtrainees.TheArtsinPsychotherapy3727–34(IF=0.591).Awarded.Fordetails,seesection10.Scholarships,AwardsandPrizes4.Federman,D.J.,(2011).KinaestheticChangeintheProfessionalDevelopmentofDanceMovementTherapyTrainees.BodyMovementandDanceinpsychotherapy,AnInternationalJournalforTheory,ResearchandPractice..Availableonline,18February2011,1–20,IF:N/A

5.Federman,D.J(2011).KinaestheticabilityandthedevelopmentofempathyintheprofessionaldevelopmentofDMTtrainees.JournalofappliedArtsandHealth2,2,22,137-154(18)IF:N/A6.Lev-Wiesel,R.,Orkibi,H.,&Federman,D.(2012).Theuseofcreativeartstherapiesfordiagnosticandtherapeuticpurposes.JournalofUrbanCultureResearch,5(1),16-25.IF:N/A7.Federman,D,J(2014).DanceMovementtherapy,NeuroscienceandMindfulness.SpecialissueoftheIsraeliJournalConsiderationsinEducation.Specialissuefor40yearofthejournal.368-379,December,2014Invitedarticle.InHebrew.8. Federman,D.J.,Band-Winterstein,T.ZanaSterenfeld,G.(2014).TheBodyasNarrator:BodyMovementMemoryand the Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors. Journal of Loss & Trauma. IF= 1.233 Rank= 55/62 in ‘Journal of Loss & Trauma’ (Q4) V. Articlepublishedintheadvanceonlineformat.ManuscriptID:10245599. Federman,D.,(2015).TheTriangle;'Mindfulness'DTMandNeuroscience-atheoreticalapproach.'Movingon',AustralianJournalofDanceTherapy,vol.12.No.3&4pp.7-15IF:N/A

10. Lev-Wiesel,R.,FedermanD.&BussakornBinson,j,(2016)DoSelf-figure

DrawingsRevealtheDrawer'sCulturalValues?ThaisandIsraelisDrawThemselves,TheArtsinpsychotherapy,vol.---No.----pp.--……….(IF=0.591)acceptedforpublication

11.Federman,D.,J,Band-Winterstein,T.,andZanaSterenfeld,G.(2016).The

bodyasnarrator:Bodymovementmemoryandthelifestoriesofholocaustsurvivors,JournalofLossandTrauma,vol.21No.1,16-29(IF=1.253)

12. E.ArticlesorChaptersinScientificBooks1. Federman,D.J.,Gaber,L.B.(2008).Supervisionindancemovementtherapy:aproposedmodelfortrainees.In(Ed.)H.Payne,SupervisionofDanceMovementPsychotherapy-Apractitioner'shandbook.London:Routledge.49-60

2. Federman,D.,Zana,G.(2017).OvercomingTrauma:WhenVerbalLanguageIsNotEnough.In;'Essentialsindancemovementpsychotherapy:internationalperspectivesontheoryresearchandpractice'.(Ed.)HelenPayne,London,Routledge,pp,17.TobepublishedSpring2017.

F.ArticlesinConferenceProceedingsNone

G.EntriesinEncyclopedias:

Wikipedia; the concept Dance Movement Therapy theory anddiagnosis

H.OtherScientificPublicationsNone

OtherPublicationsNone

J.OtherWorksConnectedwithmyScholarlyField

1. PlanningthecurriculumfortheDanceMovementTherapysectioninthe

M.AprogramofTheGraduateSchoolofCreativeArtsTherapies. 2. Exploringresearchandteachingopportunities/collaborationsbetween

theUniversityofHaifaand:QueenMargaretUniversityEdinburghU.K,UniversityofHertfordshire,UK,UniversityofParis,5France.2012

3. ItookpartinplanningandteachingtheinternationalsummitforAsian

andAfricanprofessionalsthatwasheldatHaifaUniversityonSeptember2011.

4. Memberofthe"Malag"committeeforevaluatingcollegestudentsfor

theirM.Adegree.

5. MeetingswithIreneSefer,memberoftheAmericanFriendofHaifaUniversity,October,7,2013

6. PreparingamanualforDMTinterventionwithpsychiatricdisorders

andneurodegenerativediseasesaspartofmyactivityintheGraduate

SchoolofCreativeArtsTherapies,EmiliSagolC.A.T.ResearchCenter,UniversityofHaifa,Haifa31905,Israel

7. MemberoftheeditorialofthejournaloftheschooltotheArts

Therapies;researchandpracticeinthetherapeuticprocess. • K. SubmittedPublications

Articlesinwriting:• SharingandNarratingAutobiographicalMemoriesinMovementand

Art:AComparisonAnalysis.Articlesinpreparation1. Dance Improvisation, Body Image and Self Focused Attention- Among

Professional and Amateur Dancers. 2. Relationships among Explicit Self-Esteem, Implicit Self-Esteem and

Movement. 3. Data triangulation of traumatic memories in narrative research:

Enhancing trustworthiness. Ready to be submitted. L.SummaryofmyActivitiesandFuturePlansShortBio;DitaJudithFederman,PhDisanaccreditedDanceMovementTherapist,psychotherapist,seniorresearcher,lecturerandsupervisorattheresearchcenterofthegraduateschooloftheartstherapies,UniversityofHaifa.Shehasyearsofexperiencewithinpsychiatricsettings,children,adultsandgeriatricpopulation.DitastudiedPsychologyandExpressiveArtsTherapiesshereceivedherPhDinHuman&LifeSciencefromtheUniversityofSurrey,U.K.Dr.FedermanhasestablishedDMTinthePsychiatricsettingof‘Rambam’Hospital,wasHeadofaDMTdiplomatrainingfor16years.Since2008Dr.FedermanhasbeenHeadoftheDMTtrainingattheGrad.SchoolofCreativeArtTherapies,UniversityofHaifaandaresearcherattheEmiliSagolresearchcenter.HerareasofinterestareNeurodegenerativedisorders,Trauma,movementandmemory,

'Mindfulness'andstressmanagement.Affiliation;GraduateSchoolofCreativeArtTherapies,UniversityofHaifa,Israel IamawidelyknownexpertbothinIsraelandabroad.Ihadtheprivilegeto

bepartoftheEuropeannetworkforDMTteachingandtraining.Isupervise

boththerapistsandsupervisorsinDMT.Presently,Iinvestininternational

relationshipstoenhancebothacademicandresearchcollaborations.

MylongexperienceastheheadoftheDMTprogramaswellasmanyyears

of clinical experience open a wide window for research areas and the

teachingofanewgenerationofstudents.

I have always been a keen observer and evaluator of the personal and

professionalchangesresultingfromtheDMTtraining.Thiswasperhaps,the

firststageofmyscientificinquiry,afterwhich,itseemedthatthetimehad

come to empirically examine these changes in a methodological sound

manner. I have studied the changes that occurred during the course of

training as well as the mutual influences of kinaesthetic ability and

personalitycharacteristics, inparticularempathy,openness toexperience

andcontrol.

Theprivilegeofaccompanyingstudentsduringthecourseoftheirtraining

period made me realize that not only personality and physical changes

occur but, those changes can be a scientifically document via empirical

research.

IexploredtheeffectofDMTtrainingonkinaestheticabilityaswellasonthe

relationshipbetweenkinaesthesiaandpsychologicalvariables.

I investigated the relationship between kinaesthetic ability and the

psychologicalvariablesamong(DMT)traineesascomparedtoArtTherapy

andSocialSciencestudents.

Mystrengththerefore, lies intheabilitytocombinepractical issuesfrom

myclinicalareaofexpertisewithmyresearchinterestandteachingabilities.

Idevelopedauniquemodelforsupervisionforstudentsandprofessionals

thatwaspublishedasachapterinabookandcanbeusedinbothtraining

andclinicalDMT.Inadditiontomyresearchinterests,theresearchfocusof

mydoctoraldissertationcontinuestobeofinterestinbothplansforfurther

researchandinteaching.

Researchplansare:

• DMT&Parkinson’sdiseaseAreasofinterests:

DanceMovementTherapy&DegenerativeNeurologicalDisorders.Morespecifically:Parkinsondisease.

Movement,memory&traumaEmotion,bodyandmovement.Bodymindapproachand'mindfulness'.Futureplansincludecontinuouscombinationofresearch,teaching,andclinicalwork.