| OCTOBER 2009 | |
Saturday & Sunday, Pre-conference Friday, |
International Conference: Attachment and Early Disorders of Development Organized by: Associate Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Brisch, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Pettenkoferstr. 8A, D-80336 Munich/Germany Dr. Suzi Tortora Click Here for Event Flyer and Registration Form |
October 9 - 10, 2009 |
American Dance Therapy Association Conference Portland, Oregon Lecture: COME PLAY WITH ME! DMT SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS - NINETH EARLY CHILDHOOD FORUM Lecture: A Dialogue: The Many Applications of Laban Movement Analysis - presented with Nancy Beardall, Stacy Hurst, Sherry Goodill, Catherine McCoubrey |
October 4, 2009 - Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m |
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service Creative Arts Therapy Day: Dance, Music and Poetry Therapy Workshop --Sunday, Oct. 4, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m Dance Therapy -- Suzi Tortora, Ed.D, ADTR, CMA, LCAT, LMHC, KMP Poetry and Journal Therapy -- Nancy Scherlong, LCSW, is a registered poetry therapist, a clinical social worker, an EMDR practitioner, a certified hypnotist, an AMRC disaster mental health clinician and an internal family systems practitioner. Music Therapy -- Karen Popkin, LCAT, HPMT, MT-BC, provides music therapy services at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Regular fee: $50; Alumni/Field Instructor fee: $45; Student fee: $40. |
| JULY 2009 | |
| July 29 - 31, 2009 | Dance Therapy with Children 2 Day Training 1 Day Workshop Using Dance Therapy to support the Attachment relationship - 1 workshop Sponsored by TANTER - Czech Dance Therapy Association, contact: Radana Syrovatkova, M.D. Prague, Czech Republic |
July 20 - 26, 2009 |
Dance Therapy with Infants, Children, and Families - 5 Day training; 2 day conference Lviv, Ukraine Sponsored by Ukrainian Dance Therapy Association, contact: Oleh Romanchuk, M.D. |
| JUNE 2009 | |
June 18, 2009 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Register EARLY Seating is Limited!! Deadline: Monday 6/1/09 |
CLEARBROOK and Illinois Early Intervention Training Program are proud to present: Dr. Suzi Tortora Clearbrook/Child and Family Connections - 1835 West Central, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Dance movement psychotherapy is an effective treatment modality for the observation, assessment and treatment of infants and children with developmental difficulties and delays in all areas. The initial goal is to broaden children’s social and communicative base by first helping children experience their movements as communications, enabling exchange and interaction with others. Embedded in this process are sensory integration activities which enable the child to experience and learn about regulating and organizing their sensory system. Dr. Tortora’s approach regards the child's nonverbal behaviors as a form of communication portraying their experiences and sense of self. The interaction between self and spatial environment, observable in personal characteristic movement patterns, displays how children relate, adapt and respond to their environment. In this way children, becomes the catalyst of the therapeutic intervention. Through the therapeutic process, Dr. Tortora’s seeks to uncover and integrate the child's felt-sense memories, concerns and action-based representations of their experiences by translating them into multilevel expressible understandings for the child. As the child receives recognition for their efforts and expressions, then they become receptive to engage in expanded movement exchanges. This mutual sharing of experiences provides a safe environment to explore alternative communicative methods while simultaneously encouraging growth in physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Click Here for Event Flyer and Registration Form |
June 17, 2009 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Register EARLY Seating is Limited!! Deadline: Monday 6/1/09 |
CLEARBROOK and Illinois Early Intervention Training Program are proud to present: Dr. Suzi Tortora Clearbrook/Child and Family Connections - 1835 West Central, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Dr. Suzi Tortora uses movement and the senses to connect with the children, stimulate their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development, and improve their quality of life. This workshop will provide useful information and hands-on experience for parents of young children, with and without special needs. “Young children communicate, learn, and express themselves through their movements and senses. For adults – parents, caregivers, and professionals – it is of vital importance to connect with children on this nonverbal level.” Tortora’s book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children, explains how nonverbal cues can uncover critical information about emotional, social, physical, communicative, and cognitive development in ages 0-7 years. Join us for an evening of fun and relaxation! Suzi Tortora Parent Night |
| MAY 2009 | |
May 15, 2009 Kimmel Center, NYU New York City |
13th Annual Spring Conference (Kimmel Center, NYU, New York City) The Mind-Body Connection in the World of the Young Child: From Development to Intervention Featuring Keynote Speaker: Suzi Tortora, EdD, ADTR, CMA ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Development and experience are rooted in the body, shaping how we feel, think, move, and communicate. In this conference, we will explore how these phenomena occur and the implications of these mind-body connections for both young children and their caregivers. The keynote presentation will introduce an integrative approach for infant development and health. Conference attendees will be able to select from a rich array of breakout sessions in which presenters will help lead the way to further understanding of mind-body connections across developmental areas for infants and caregivers alike. The wide variety of topics will include: touch, movement, play, preverbal language development, feeding, sleep, maternal depression, abuse and neglect, and peer interactions. Ways of applying this knowledge to work with young children and families will be highlighted in discussion of approaches such as dance movement psychotherapy, nonverbal parent-infant video analysis, yoga, Feldenkrais body work, infant massage, childbirth, and classroom observations and interventions. This conference wi l l provide a rich experience for practitioners at all levels of experience and across many different fields of work with young children and their families. For more info you can:
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March 29, 2009 Sunday 1-6:30 pm |
SPRING ONE-DAY WORKSHOPDance Movement Psychotherapy: Infants and Young Children with Suzi Tortora, Ed.D., ADTR, CMA, LCAT, LMHC Sensitize yourself to the ways young children communicate, learn and express themselves through their movement and senses. Gain hands-on experience information that is useful for all professionals and parents of young children, with or without special needs. Learn about Dr. Suzi Tortora’s Ways of Seeing dance movement psychotherapy program through exploring nonverbal cues expressed by infants and young children and experiencing movement activities that support early attachment relationships and social, emotional, and cognitive development. For parents, caregivers, and professionals, these activities can be used with families or in groups and in dyadic and individual therapeutic, hospital, preventative and childcare settings. |
February 21 & 12:00 – 3:00 PM |
Coming Back to Self Authentic Movement Workshop taught by Suzi TortoraAn inner focusing movement meditation practice involving listening to your body & allowing your body to move youAuthentic Movement is a type of mediation that occurs by closing your eyes and listening to your body - as you listen to your body with this inward focus, you will find a natural state -- through an unfolding process that can be active, taking you through the room; or deeply internal, where you may not be moving in any perceivable way to your outside observer. This observer is called the witness. The experience occurs in pairs. One person moves while another person witnesses, from a place of respect and attunement. The witness stays attuned to his/ her inner experiences & reactions to your movements. It is an active place of observing. After your movement experience you both have the opportunity to process and share your experiences, through art work, writing and talking. Verbal sharing is done in a very particular way, respecting that you always have the options to not share your experience. The witness never assumes s/he knows what your experience is for you, but rather explains the images and sensations that have come up for her or him. As you listen, you attend to your reactions, to see if any of these images resonate with your experience. Then you switch, with your witness moving and you witnessing. Experienced in a group setting, the witnesses sit in a circle around a clear open space in which the movers move. Several movers are moving simultaneously, with their respective witnesses attending to them personally. All moving together with eyes closed or inwardly focused, can be quite a profound process. Unknowingly movers will often pick up on each others actions, moving in synchrony and harmony. Often, as you stay attuned to yourself, sub-conscious and unconscious material will rise to your consciousness through your felt-sense. It is a very respectful and insightful process that involves deeply listening & allowing you to be "seen" by another. These Coming Back to Self workshop series invites both experienced and new explorers of movement meditation to dialogue with their "sensational voice" as it unfolds their life story. Processing elements include breath awareness, journaling, music, poetry and art media. Date: February 21 & March 1, 2009 Time: 12:00 – 3:00 PM Fee: $40 1 session; $70 both sessions Location: Cold-Spring-on-the-Hudson Call/email: questions - register - directions |
Jan. 31 - Feb. 1 - Sat. & Sun. |
SAVE THE DATE! - DANCE THERAPY AND FOCUSING Dear colleagues and friends,
The experiential/didactic course will offer an introduction to two modalities: dance movement improvisation and Eugene Gendlin’s methodology and philosophy of experiential focusing. Each modality provides us with a different perspective on the concepts of attunement, mutual regulation, improvisation and the realm of the implicit. If your approach is through the world of movement and dance, you will find Experiential Focusing to be an extraordinary link between the nonverbal and the creative use of language. If your approach is through Focusing, you will see how bodily felt sensing is actualized through movement improvisation. If you are a psychotherapist you will find direct applications and theory to enrich your work and orientation. These creative processes can help us to appreciate what is beautiful in our unique ways of being in the world. They also inspire us to use that uniqueness to create therapeutic relationships that make a real difference in the lives of our clients. We hope you can join us! Sincerely yours, Joan Lavender, Psy D., Suzi Tortora, EdD., ADTR, LCAT, CMA, LMHC Miriam Roskin Berger, PhD., ADTR Registration will be available online on December 4th DANCE THERAPY AND FOCUSING - Joan Lavender, PsyD; Miriam Roskin Berger, ADTR; Suzi Tortora, Ed.D., ADTR, CMA, LCAT, LMHC Gendlin's Experiential Focusing is a bodily-centered therapy process which gives you access to a deep level of knowing, leading to inner transformation you can feel immediately and apply to your life. While most approaches to therapy are based on the assumpton that it is good to be more "in touch" with yourself, Focusing teaches you how to do this. Focusing is a highly-regarded and well-researched process that has been shown to correlate with positive life change, enhanced self-esteem, and the experience of integration and wholeness. This workshop will explore the relationship from the dimension of Focusing to the world of movement and dance improvisation. Identify felt senses (as distinct from emotions) in your body. Enable the felt sense to communicate its message to you, from the edge of your awareness. Use dance movement improvisation and felt sensing together for healing. Sat & Sun, Jan 31 – Feb 1, & Sat, Feb 7, 2009 - 1:30-6:30pm, 3 sessions - $250 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, 1395 Lexington Ave, NYC REGISTER HERE and save 50% on the registration fee or call 212.415.5500 Click Here to Download a PDF File of this Event |
January 11, 2009 Registration requested by |
Creative Arts Therapy Day at FORDHAM IN HARRISON This unique, one-day creative seminar in group therapy will be taught by five professional arts therapists. Experientially and didactically, participants will be introduced to the use of art, music, dance, poetry and psychodrama as therapeutic techniques. Sunday, January 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fordham in Harrison. Registration requested by December 15. Psychodrama -- Gay French-Ottaviani is a certified psychodramatist, group therapist and licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in Pound Ridge, New York. Dance Therapy -- Suzi Tortora is a nationally known certified dance therapist, specializing in pediatrics. She is a private practitioner, author and senior dance therapist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Art Therapy -- Ker Beckley, a clinical art therapist and artist in her own right, is the Director of Art Therapy at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in Katonah, NY. Poetry and Journal Therapy -- Nancy Scherlong is Fee: MSW students, $80; Fordham MSW alumni, $90; community, $100. Contact Jane Edwards, Associate Dean of Social Work Program, Fordham Westchester Campus, jedwards@fordham.edu to sign up. |
