Helen Payne Professor at University of Hertfordshire
Professor Helen Payne, PhD; UKCP; Fellow ADMP Reg. dance movement psychotherapist pioneered DMP in the UK leading the professional association, first post graduate accredited training, resea...
Read Bio Helen Payne Professor Helen Payne, PhD; UKCP; Fellow ADMP Reg. dance movement psychotherapist pioneered DMP in the UK leading the professional association, first post graduate accredited training, research and publications. She is trained in Laban Movement Analysis, Person-Centered Counselling, Group Analysis and Authentic Movement, works with children, adolescents and adults, conducts research, supervises PhDs, teaches and examines at doctorate level nationally/internationally. She is the founding editor-in-chief for the international peer reviewed journal ‘Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy’ published by Taylor and Francis. Trained in the discipline of authentic movement since 1994 she has been facilitating circles as a form of group psychotherapy ever since. She is clinical manager for the University of Hertfordshire’s service which supports people with persistent bodily symptoms for which tests and scans come back negative. She has recently been honoured to have been invited to join the Therapies Task Force for Medically Unexplained Symptoms.
Joan Wittig Professor at Pratt Institute
Joan is an established dance therapist in US. She is currently the Director of Graduate Dance/Movement Therapy Program in the Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department, at Pratt Institute. J...
Read Bio Joan Wittig Joan is an established dance therapist in US. She is currently the Director of Graduate Dance/Movement Therapy Program in the Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department, at Pratt Institute. Joan has 24 years of clinical experience and 16 years of teaching experience. She served on the Approval Committee of the ADTA from 2005 till 2010. Joan made a significant contribution in the effort to get creative arts therapy as a professional licensed in New York State. Her work has been recognized with an Outstanding Service Award from the ADTA in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Art Therapy Association in 2003. Since 2010, Joan has been involved with the dance therapy training program development in China with Inspirees, and has travelled often to China to teach in our professional courses as well as many workshops.
Marcia Plevin Founder of Creative Movement Association
Marcia Plevin, American, dancer, choreographer and dance teacher is a psychologist and a dance movement therapist (BC- DMT) who has lived and worked in Rome Italy since 1986. She was on the ...
Read Bio Marcia Plevin Marcia Plevin, American, dancer, choreographer and dance teacher is a psychologist and a dance movement therapist (BC- DMT) who has lived and worked in Rome Italy since 1986. She was on the modern dance faculties of the N Carolina School of the Arts and the Academia Nazionale di Danza, Rome. In 1993 she co- founded the Association of Creative Movement (CM) - method Garcia- Plevin (CM) in 1993. (www.movimentocreativo.it).The book written with her colleagues, Creative Movement and Dance, has been translated into 4 languages.
Karen A. Studd Registered Somatic Movement Educator at ISMETA
Karen has a Master’s degree in Dance from University of Oregon and became a CMA, through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies(LIMS) Seattle based Program which subsequent...
Read Bio Karen A. Studd Karen has a Master’s degree in Dance from University of Oregon and became a CMA, through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies(LIMS) Seattle based Program which subsequently became the Integrated Movement Studies program. Studd is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Registered Somatic Movement Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). For over twenty years Studd has served as a Program Coordinator and has taught in LBMS training programs in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico and Israel.
Haiping Guo Founder of Nanjing Outside Arts Studio
Guo Haiping (b.1962, Nanjing) is a contemporary artist, the pioneer of Chinese Outsider art, the founder of Nanjing Outsider art studio and the chief editor of Outsider art Series. He devote...
Read Bio Haiping Guo Guo Haiping (b.1962, Nanjing) is a contemporary artist, the pioneer of Chinese Outsider art, the founder of Nanjing Outsider art studio and the chief editor of Outsider art Series. He devoted himself to the discovery and research of Outsider art of people with mental disturbance for changing the environment of Chinese culture. He established the first art institute for the mental patients in 2010 and established two Outsider art studios in the community of Jianye District and the community of Gulou Distirct in Nanjing. His books include Out of the maze of mind, Sunbathe: art projects of 20 years, I am sick, therefore I am, Notes of Outsider art in China.
Claudio Mochi President at Associazione per la Play Therapy Italia (APTI)
Claudio Mochi is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (APT). Expert in emergency and disaster mental health, including the use of clinical/community psyc...
Read Bio Claudio Mochi Claudio Mochi is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (APT). Expert in emergency and disaster mental health, including the use of clinical/community psychology and Play Therapy in post disaster situations and Trauma.
Christina Devereaux Program Director of Drexel University
Christina Devereaux, PhD, LCAT, LMHC, BC-DMT, NCC is an Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director for the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling program at Drexel University, College ...
Read Bio Christina Devereaux Christina Devereaux, PhD, LCAT, LMHC, BC-DMT, NCC is an Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director for the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling program at Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions. She is former Program Director and Associate Professor at Antioch University New England in the Department of Applied Psychology and Adjunct Associate Professor at Pratt Institute for 13 years. She currently serves on the senior faculty at Inspirees, a training program for DMT in China, and an international faculty member for Dance Therapy New Zealand. She served as co-editor of the American Journal of Dance Therapy from 2011-2017 and a two time President’s Award recipient from the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) for her outstanding contributions to the profession (2008 and 2017). She was featured on National Public Radio (NPR), CCTV, the largest television station in China, and as a presenter for the 2014 ADTA Talks series focusing on DMT and autism. In addition to authoring many chapters and journal publications, she has a blog with Psychology Today “Meaning in motion: Dancing with the mind in mind.”
Zvika Frank BC-DMT at Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codart)
Zvika Frank is a renowned Dutch/Israeli dance-movement therapist, registered in the U.S. as BC-DMT. Winner of ADTA Outstanding Achievement of year 2011. For 27 years, he has been working at...
Read Bio Zvika Frank Zvika Frank is a renowned Dutch/Israeli dance-movement therapist, registered in the U.S. as BC-DMT. Winner of ADTA Outstanding Achievement of year 2011. For 27 years, he has been working at Delta Psychiatric Centre, located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. For 24 years, he offers internships and supervises his students. Zvika was part of the committee of the Master Program Dance Therapy at Codarts, Rottderam and helped to develop the content of this program. For 13 years, he has been a supervisor and teacher for students at Codarts. Since 6 years, he is giving workshops in China; a combination of an introduction to DMT and therapy.
Steve Harvey Faculty at University of Guam
Steve Harvey PhD, RPT/S,BC-DMT, RDT is currently doing psychological consultations in schools and is an adjunct faculty member in the Clinical Psychology department at the University of Guam...
Read Bio Steve Harvey Steve Harvey PhD, RPT/S,BC-DMT, RDT is currently doing psychological consultations in schools and is an adjunct faculty member in the Clinical Psychology department at the University of Guam. Previously Steve worked as the Consultant Psychologist with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Prior to becoming involved in mental health, Steve was active in improvisational dramatic/dance performance. He and his wife Connor have developed and continue to practice Physical Storytelling in several countries. Besides being a clinical and educational psychologist, Steve is a registered with the American Dance, Drama, and Play Therapy Associations and has been an active contributor in the integration of all the expressive modalities. He has lead workshops in movement based family play therapy internationally for last twenty-five years. He is currently presenting and publishing arts based research using Physical Storytelling in cross cultural contexts.
Catherine Maguire Registered Somatic Movement Educator at ISMETA
Catherine (Cat) Maguire is a movement educator, dance artist, Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME), and a master teacher of the Laban/Bartenieff Move...
Read Bio Catherine Maguire Catherine (Cat) Maguire is a movement educator, dance artist, Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME), and a master teacher of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS). Cat has taught and co-coordinated Movement Analysis Certification Programs in the US, Europe, Mexico and China. Cat is also a collaborator and consultant for the Robotics, Automation and Dance (RAD) Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under the direction of Dr. Amy LaViers where she works with roboticists on embodied movement training and analysis to support the development of expressive robotic systems.
Peixin Meng PhD, Professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts
Peixin Meng, PhD, Professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, editor of the CAET Journal. Member of the Chinese Psychological Society and Chinese Association for Mental Health. Peixin is on t...
Read Bio Peixin Meng Peixin Meng, PhD, Professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, editor of the CAET Journal. Member of the Chinese Psychological Society and Chinese Association for Mental Health. Peixin is on the registration committee for psychotherapists and is herself an art therapist. Currently, Peixin is doing research and clinical practice at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and teaches multiple classes at graduate and post-graduate levels. Peixin earned her PhD from Beijing Normal University Psychology department in 2004 where she worked on research and practice of art therapy. This research is pioneer in the field of art therapy in China. Peixin also serves as co-president on the board of clinical and psychotherapy committee in the Chinese Psychological Society.
Tony Zhou CEO of Inspirees Institute
Dr. Tony Yu Zhou holds a doctoral degree in biomedical sciences and has been working and living in China and Europe for many years. Though trained as a scientist, he has been greatly intrigu...
Read Bio Tony Zhou Dr. Tony Yu Zhou holds a doctoral degree in biomedical sciences and has been working and living in China and Europe for many years. Though trained as a scientist, he has been greatly intrigued by modern dance and dance therapy since 2002 and has played an important role in driving the development of dance therapy in China. Dr. Zhou served on an international advisory board for the journal Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy. He founded Inspirees Institute and Creative Arts Education and Therapy – Eastern and Western Perspectives, the international journal. He is also a certified movement analyst (CMA) trained by Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York. Dr. Zhou is the team leader for the Chinese Group of Arts Therapy, Chinese Psychological Society, Guest Professor of Beijing Normal University, and co-founder and core member of World Alliance of Dance Movement Therapy.
