Movement and Group

Catalog description

This course is an experiential and theoretical introduction to movement as somatic inquiry in psychotherapy, with special attention to groups. The course develops the therapeutic stance of witnessing another while tracking oneself in movement as a root of clinical work. Students will explore the foundational principles of how movement shapes development, psychosocial interactions, and clinical group dynamics. The course emphasizes both individual and group movement practices as portals for therapeutic insight, interpersonal connection, and embodied change. Students will become familiar with directed and free-movement approaches utilizing modalities such as Sensory Awareness, Authentic Movement, dance and movement therapy, Body-Mind Centering, The Moving Cycle, movement improvisation, Laban/Bartenieff fundamentals, and expressive arts individually, in dyads, and in groups. RESTRICTED TO MA SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS