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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 676755" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I have been reading a little bit about the somatic therapies for trauma, of which EMDR is one. There are so many new books out. I will start with Hartmann's.</p><p></p><p>For a long time I have been interested in dance movement therapy. Actually more than 25 years. I went to a workshop for women sexually abused as children. I began perseverating in front of the whole group (a room full) about how I could not tear myself away from my psychoanalyst. And the brilliant co-leader knew, just knew, that what I was dealing with was something somatic. She pulled me up and she began to dance with me...I was so happy. She told me about an old friend of hers (I think an ex boyfriend), who held workshops in the city where I lived.</p><p></p><p>I went one time. I was so anxious and afraid. It was called Contact something. It must have been so new then. It felt so beyond me. People bumping into each other. I did not go back.</p><p></p><p>And guess what? The man called me at home and starting criticizing me for not calling to explain why I had not come back. There was no appointment. There was no commitment. It was drop-in. Can you imagine?</p><p></p><p>Well, I see at the 92nd St Y in NYC they have ongoing training in dance movement therapy, to facilitate it. That count for continuing education. And there are other places, too. It is not that I have not thought about this before, and even researched the where and how. </p><p></p><p><em>It is one more link in a chain getting stronger.</em> That is what I am saying.</p><p>.</p><p>The think with this somatic therapy deal, is everybody wants to make a buck. Make a reputation. Put a spin on it to be the big cheese. The guru. I hate that. But dance movement therapy has been around for decades and decades. Actually, forever. It just did not have a name.</p><p></p><p>COPA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 676755, member: 18958"] I have been reading a little bit about the somatic therapies for trauma, of which EMDR is one. There are so many new books out. I will start with Hartmann's. For a long time I have been interested in dance movement therapy. Actually more than 25 years. I went to a workshop for women sexually abused as children. I began perseverating in front of the whole group (a room full) about how I could not tear myself away from my psychoanalyst. And the brilliant co-leader knew, just knew, that what I was dealing with was something somatic. She pulled me up and she began to dance with me...I was so happy. She told me about an old friend of hers (I think an ex boyfriend), who held workshops in the city where I lived. I went one time. I was so anxious and afraid. It was called Contact something. It must have been so new then. It felt so beyond me. People bumping into each other. I did not go back. And guess what? The man called me at home and starting criticizing me for not calling to explain why I had not come back. There was no appointment. There was no commitment. It was drop-in. Can you imagine? Well, I see at the 92nd St Y in NYC they have ongoing training in dance movement therapy, to facilitate it. That count for continuing education. And there are other places, too. It is not that I have not thought about this before, and even researched the where and how. [I]It is one more link in a chain getting stronger.[/I] That is what I am saying. . The think with this somatic therapy deal, is everybody wants to make a buck. Make a reputation. Put a spin on it to be the big cheese. The guru. I hate that. But dance movement therapy has been around for decades and decades. Actually, forever. It just did not have a name. COPA [/QUOTE]
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