The Dance/Movement Therapy Internship Students- Applied Psychology - Antioch University New England
The Dance/Movement Therapy Internship - Students
A pivotal experience in each student's journey
It is during this time that the student makes the shift from beginning learner to professional, and prepares for work as a professional dance/movement therapist. This is the opportunity to integrate and apply all of their classroom and practicum/fieldwork experiences.
Overall, I am working on finding my "role" as dance and movement therapist. I am coming to know what my strengths are [and] what needs expansion and extension in my personal/professional selves in order to do this work successfully. I am gradually becoming more comfortable with cut up wrists and angry dark faces, and coming, instead, to see the humanness that lurks beneath the surface of skin and facial expressions. Some days I can't believe how much I love this work and other days I feel a bit lost. However, inspiring moments bring me back on a regular enough basis to keep me mostly in the joy of moving and being with others. For after reading about the healing power of dance and movement in theory over the past two years, I am now seeing and experiencing, each day, the transformational and awe-inspiring effect this work has on others.
— DMT intern
A transformational time
The DMT internship offers the rare opportunity to reach deep within and discover new things about oneself and the role of a helper/healer. This period of time, when they can still be a student, while working on many fronts as a professional, is a gift.
When I think back to the person I was before I began this journey toward being awarded a degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, I am astounded at the changes in myself. I have learned so much about being in relationship
with myself and with other people through this process. Today, I see
myself and others with different eyes, not only psychologically, but in a
human sense. What I have learned has given me a greater sensitivity in
which to relate to my surroundings. In addition, I have discovered an
intelligence to communicate with others and have acquired an
understanding about how people use their bodies to tell their story. My
training at Antioch empowered me to be open and ready to take on new
challenges in the outside world. Therefore, as I entered my internship
experience, I already had a foundation for building more confidence as a
dance/movement therapist. — DMT intern
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