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Just wondering....
I am finishing up my program as an art therapist this year and will be doing my internship in the fall, which I recently meet with the director of an dance/movement therapy and LAban movement anylsis program (at same school) to explore being trained in dance movement therapy as well...because I have been a dancer and lover of dance my whole life. She raised the question about professional boundaries...that she would be concerned if I was trained and certified as both. I am just curious as to other people's thoughts and if anyone else has been trained/certified in utilizing more than one crative modality with intergration?
My understanding as well with expressive therapies you become trained in many modalities, but not licensed in any...something does not seem right? Can anyone provide some reflections or clarity...I would gratly appreciate it!
I am finishing up my program as an art therapist this year and will be doing my internship in the fall, which I recently meet with the director of an dance/movement therapy and LAban movement anylsis program (at same school) to explore being trained in dance movement therapy as well...because I have been a dancer and lover of dance my whole life. She raised the question about professional boundaries...that she would be concerned if I was trained and certified as both. I am just curious as to other people's thoughts and if anyone else has been trained/certified in utilizing more than one crative modality with intergration?
My understanding as well with expressive therapies you become trained in many modalities, but not licensed in any...something does not seem right? Can anyone provide some reflections or clarity...I would gratly appreciate it!
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Re: Intergrating creative therapies
Mon, April 16, 2007 - 10:24 AMI'd be interested in hearing this as well, as I am struggling to understand how being trained in both art and dance therapy would be a bad thing...
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Re: Intergrating creative therapies
Mon, September 17, 2007 - 1:00 PMHi Jenni,
I am a clinical psychologist Intern working on my license for clinical psychology. I am also a trainded Expressive Art Therapist. You are correct. An Expressive Art Therapist combines all of the Creative Arts as therapy. I do not see any problems with you integrating these modalities. As a matter of fact, I teach the Expressive Arts at the University Level and strongly succest that using a combination of all of the arts is very helpful in working with people. Enjoy your exploration!
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Re: Intergrating creative therapies
Mon, October 1, 2007 - 8:33 PMI did my training as a dance therapist many years ago---back int he 80's in Philadelphia. I was also trained in art and music therapy. It was required and we learned to work together integrating both in sessions. No one got certified in all 3 because the 2 years of internship was required. However, I certainly felt confident when I left the program to utilize elements of the other disciplines with clinets. I have found east coast versus west coast different in their dance therapy focus. I was trained very anaylytically with a focus on Laban movement analysis also thrown in. it was an intensive gut wrencing program that I felt was more difficult than my Ph.D. I credit a lot of my psych. knowledge to my masters degree and there teaching.
I don't see the issue of professional bounderies unless they are looking at the issue more anaylitically.
