Dance Movement Psychotherapy

This course is accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK so you can be confident that you'll be learning the most up to date thinking on Dance Movement Psychotherapy.

• Build your experience of clinical dance movement psychotherapy and use your creativity to promote self-expression.
• Develop the skills and knowledge to enable you to apply for registration as a dance movement psychotherapist. 

• Study a course accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK) which can allow an opportunity for routes to UKCP to be explored during and after graduation

• Learn the latest theory and practice from experienced and enthusiastic staff

Professionally accredited course

This course is accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK) which can allow an opportunity for routes to UKCP accreditation. This way you can be confident that you will be learning the most up to date thinking on Dance Movement Psychotherapy. On successful completion, you will be eligible to register as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist within ADMP UK.

• Students must have completed a subject relevant Bachelors degree with an overall score of 'Good' or above (2.25 GPA) from a recognised university in Jordan
• For postgraduate research degrees, PhD applicants are expected to have a masters as well as a bachelors degree in the relevant subject areas. Most importantly applicants must submit a research proposal.

You will become a fully registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist with the Association of Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP UK). This requires completion of the expected training hours and fulfilling all the hours of personal therapy. 

You can develop practice in health, education and in the community and later supervise, lecture and research in the field of Dance Movement Psychotherapy. 

You will gain an MA, which will enable you to become familiar with critical reflection and research ideas.

Our graduates

• Nandini Manjunath is studying a professional doctorate in psychotherapy, completing research and supporting clients who are experiencing mental health difficulties and those with a history of childhood sexual abuse and trauma.
• Rae Scudder is a Specialist Wellbeing Practitioner and Wellbeing Client Coordinator at "Inspirative Arts". She project manages a funding grant to support groups and individuals with barriers to employment through a range of wellbeing and psychotherapeutic activities.
• Ellis Frost works across an education federation (consisting of three primary schools) as a Clinical Lead and Head Practitioner delivering psychotherapy interventions to groups and individuals, he also works in a rehabilitation centre and delivers Dance and Movement Psychotherapy sessions each week.
• Christina Gougouli provides monthly Dance Movement Psychotherapy workshops whilst working as a psychologist at a day centre for children on the autistic spectrum. She also co-leads a gender based violence project for survivors of abuse supporting them to build resilience and identify their boundaries through movement interventions.
• Tamara Roberts is working as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist in Trauma Care at Imara, where she collaboratively supports children and families who have been impacted by child sexual abuse. She is also developing a therapeutic service department at Portland College where she will offer Dance Movement Psychotherapy and manage therapist student placements.
• Tammy Lowe works for a children and adolescent mental health and emotional well-being service in Staffordshire as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Children and Young Person's Therapist in schools and children's centres. She also facilitates therapeutic group work to meet presenting needs, such as anxiety and depression, and delivers mental health presentations to schools and parenting support groups across Staffordshire.
• Danielle Whiteley-Smith works for a supported housing charity with vulnerable young women affected by trauma and abuse, facilitating Dance Movement Psychotherapy sessions for individuals and families, at women's refuges and local schools. Danielle also provides Dance Movement Psychotherapy for older adults seeking therapeutic support with mental health difficulties for the national charity "Mind".

"This course has absolutely changed my life, not just through doing the training, but also through looking towards getting work after I leave. That's something the tutors really do focus on."

"As an Indian student, at first I found the transition to higher education in the UK difficult. In India I never felt I had room to explore and found the system really rigid. The freedom on this course allowed for so much more than study. It allowed for intense personal development and I found it truly life-changing. I've now gone on to study for my doctorate and hope to teach in the UK in the future."

Graduates, MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy