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The Dance/Movement Therapy Internship
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Profiles of several of our internship sites
Dominion Hospital in the Washington, DC area, stands out as an outstanding training site. This short term psychiatric hospital provides in-patient and out-patient services to children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Jody Wager, the on-site ADTR supervisor, has been a practicing DMT since 1980, and has trained several of our students. She enjoys the challenge of mentoring interns and is able to individualize her supervision to meet the needs and strengths of each student. One of her interns described her supervisory experience this way:
The richness and depth of learning I experience through my relationship with Jody is hard to capture. I feel and experience daily, that any personal question, concern, or fear can be brought to her to be explored and, ultimately, resolved. …… She models for me a willingness to be curious, fresh, and excited about the work and process of healing. It has been such a pleasure to work with her, to watch her lead, and to enter into this process of exploration together. I am so deeply thankful to have found this level of mentorship on my path of becoming a DMT. I have felt just the right balance between being challenged and simultaneously supported. [She] seems to have a keen sense of my growing edges and helps me walk this delicate line with grace and humor. Jody not only offers insightful and creative supervision, but also mentors both myself and my fellow interns to look within ourselves, to expand, and to delight in the expressive therapies. (DMT intern).
The Brattleboro Retreat, established in 1834, is right in our back yard, and our connection with this psychiatric hospital and addictions treatment center goes way back. In fact, Phyllis Jeswald, director of dance/movement therapy internships, worked there as a dance/movement therapist in the late 70's, and there's been a DMT there ever since. Currently, Alice Scudder, an adjunct faculty member in the DMT program, is the supervisor of our interns at the Retreat. Another program graduate, Lynn Huston, ADTR, is also available to supervise students. Interns have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of groups, including movement and art; body-mind; coping skills; recovery; mindfulness; and women's group. They also get experience working with individual clients.
The Children's Upstream Services (CUPS) Program, provides dance/movement therapy services to children and families in homes and preschools across Southern, Vermont. Claire LeMessurier, supervising ADTR, is also an adjunct faculty member in the DMT program.
The Community Therapeutic Day School in Lexington, MA, serves children ages 3-12 with severe emotional and neurological difficulties.
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, part of the growing University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has a 7 person Creative Therapies Department. This site offers students the opportunity to train in psychiatric and medical settings.
The Handcock Center for Movement Arts and Therapies in Madison, WI, offers dance/movement services to individuals and human service agencies. Rena Kornblum, ADTR, specializes in violence prevention in schools.
Tomorrows Children's Institute in New Jersey, treats pediatric oncology patients and their families. DMT interns have the option of being trained as Child Life Specialist, in addition to their dance/movement therapy work.
These are just a sampling of the dozens of sites spread across the country (and internationally) where our students have interned.
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