Level I Kestenberg Movement Profile Training

Dates: 3 Summer Sessions July 2011-2013

Part I: July 28-31, 2011-- Tension flow rhythms and shape flow

Part II: July 26-29, 2012-- Tension flow attributes

Part III: July 25-28, 2013-- Pre-efforts, Efforts, shaping in Directions and Shaping in Planes

Susan Loman, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, KMP Analyst

Susan has been the Director of the MA Program in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling at Antioch University New England since 1987 and serves as Associate Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology. A member of the Academy of Dance Therapists Registered and a National Certified Counselor, she served as the Chair of the Education Committee for the American Dance Therapy Association (1995-1999) and has been on the editorial board of The Arts in Psychotherapy since 1997. She directed the Creative Art Therapy Department at Billings Hospital psychiatric unit; worked with infants, toddlers, and parents at the Center for Parents and Children; and also worked with adults at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. A Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) Analyst and considered an expert on the system, she worked closely with Judith Kestenberg for eight years, chaired four conferences on the KMP, has written numerous articles and co-edited three books, including, "The Meaning of Movement: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives of the Kestenberg Movement Profile." She currently teaches the KMP system at Antioch University New England and taught the system at the Laban/ Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies in New York City for fourteen years. She has lectured and conducted KMP workshops in Germany (1993-present), Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, England, South Korea and the Netherlands, as well as throughout the U.S.

Contact: sloman@antioch.edu or phone (603) 283-2137. click for more info

KMP Refresher Workshops

Two day refresher workshops for those interested in becoming KMP Certified Teachers. Workshop focus is on reviewing and practicing the following profiling skills: observing movement, notating, gathering & scoring data and analyzing results.

Prerequisite: Completion of 90 hours of KMP coursework or the tutorial equivalent of that.
Dates/Times: To be announced. Workshops may also be arranged by request.
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA at Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center. Twin Ponds is only 75 minutes from Philadelphia, 90 minutes from the Newark Airport and 2 hours from NYC. (www.twinpondscenter.com)
Cost: $325.00 includes KMP manual, all handouts and a KMP Color Wheel Poster.
Registration: To hold your place in these 15 hour workshops, send a deposit of $50.00.
Full payment for the workshop is due two weeks in advance.

*For specific information about where to send the deposit, transportation to and from the Lehigh Valley, and places to stay, please contact Suzanne via email at: suzannehastie@aol.com or phone (610) 417-0831

Introduction to the Kestenberg Movement Profile

The Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) is a systematic and in-depth movement assessment tool which offers dance/movement therapists and clinicians a refined language as well as a psychological interpretation for what is seen in the body. The KMP is especially informative in the areas of assessment, treatment planning, and intervention. In this 30-hour introductory course, participants will learn the basic layout of the KMP, the movement patterns contained within it, and the developmental and psychological significance of the patterns. Clinical applications will be explored and discussed throughout the course.

When: June 23-26, 2011; 9am-5:30pm
Instructor: Suzanne Hastie, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, KMP Analyst
Fee: $700 due June 9, 2011 (fee includes articles, handouts, & a KMP Color Wheel poster)

Location: Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center in the Lehigh Valley, PA (www.twinpondscenter.com). Twin Ponds is only 75 minutes from Philadelphia, 90 minutes from the Newark Airport and 2 hours from NYC. *Lower cost housing is available at Twin Ponds.

To register, contact Suzanne Hastie at 610-417-0831 or suzannehastie@aol.com

Constructing Kestenberg Movement Profiles I: Tension Flow Rhythms, Bipolar Shape Flow & Unipolar Shape Flow

In this 30 hour KMP course, students and clinicians will focus in-depth on tension flow rhythms (personality and developmental issues), bipolar shape flow (comfort with self/environment) and unipolar shape flow (attraction/repulsion to stimuli). Movement observation, notation, scoring, and diagram construction will be taught and practiced. Clinical understanding of these patterns will be deepened and further applications to clinical work will be explored. Construction of the TFR, BS, and US diagrams of the profile as well as analysis of the findings will be required.

Prerequisite: Completion of a KMP Introductory course
When: July 19-22, 2011; 9am-5:30pm
Instructor: Suzanne Hastie, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, KMP Analyst
Fee: $750 due July 5, 2011 (fee includes KMP training manual, articles, handouts, & a KMP Color Wheel poster)

Location: Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center in the Lehigh Valley, PA (www.twinpondscenter.com). Twin Ponds is only 75 minutes from Philadelphia, 90 minutes from the Newark Airport and 2 hours from NYC. *Lower cost housing is available at Twin Ponds.

To register, contact Suzanne Hastie at 610-417-0831 or suzannehastie@aol.com

Constructing Kestenberg Movement Profiles II: Tension Flow Attributes, Pre-efforts, Efforts, Shaping in Directions, and Shaping in Planes

In this 30 hour KMP course, students and clinicians will focus on tension flow attributes (affect), pre-efforts (defenses and learning style), efforts (coping style and ego strength), shaping in directions (structure for defenses, boundaries, and learning), and shaping in planes (structure for complex relationships). Movement observation, notation, scoring, and diagram construction will be taught and practiced. Clinical understanding of these patterns will be deepened and further applications to clinical work will be explored. Construction of the TFA, PE, E, SD, and SP diagrams of the profile as well as an analysis of the findings will be required.

Prerequisite: Completion of a KMP Introductory course
When: November 12-15, 2011; 9am-5:30pm
Instructor: Suzanne Hastie, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, KMP Analyst
Fee: $750 due Oct.28, 2011 (fee includes KMP training manual, articles, handouts, & a KMP Color Wheel poster)

Location: Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center in the Lehigh Valley, PA (www.twinpondscenter.com). Twin Ponds is only 75 minutes from Philadelphia, 90 minutes from the Newark Airport and 2 hours from NYC. *Lower cost housing is available at Twin Ponds.

To register, contact Suzanne Hastie at 610-417-0831 or suzannehastie@aol.com

Workshop: Developmental Rhythms, Lehigh Valley, PA

Date: To be announced.

This workshop takes a focused look at ten developmental rhythms which are reflective of one's personality and developmental level. The rhythms come from the Kestenberg Movement Profile, a psychological and personality assessment based entirely on the nonverbal. These developmental rhythms emerge in the womb and further develop in the first six years of life. Each rhythm helps with the accomplishment of specific developmental, cognitive and psychological tasks. Knowledge of these patterns can transform therapeutic and educational work with children and the child within.

There will be an experiential demonstration designed to inform and prepare clinicians who want to further explore this information. This workshop would be great for therapists who work with children or adults, early intervention folks, daycare workers, teachers/educators, and anyone interested in the creative arts therapies.

KMP Educational Resource

KMP Colorwheel Poster is available for purchase. To order, contact Suzanne Hastie at suzannehastie@aol.com or phone (610) 417-0831.

Other KMP training/supervision options:
-Individually designed KMP tutorials and independent studies available upon request in Lehigh Valley, PA.
-KMP informed supervision & consultation in Lehigh Valley, PA or via telephone/email.

Suzanne C. Hastie, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, KMP Analyst

Suzanne is a registered dance/movement therapist, licensed professional counselor and shiatsu practitioner who received her Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy from Antioch/New England Graduate School in NH. Suzanne interned with Judith Kestenberg, MD at the Center for Parents and Children in NY in the late 1980’s and has been integrating the KMP into her work with children, adolescents, women, families, and the elderly since 1989. Suzanne has a body-centered psychotherapy practice utilizing movement and the creative arts in the Lehigh Valley, PA (www.twinpondscenter.com). In addition to working as a therapist, Suzanne teaches courses and offers consultation on The Kestenberg Movement Profile at Kinections in Rochester, NY, for Drexel University, PA as well as independently. She has written a chapter on the Kestenberg Movement Profile for a new book: Creative Arts Therapies Manual: A Guide to the History, Theoretical Approaches, Assessment, and Work with Special Populations of Art, Play, Dance, Music, Drama, and Poetry Therapies.

Contact Information: suzannehastie@aol.com or phone (610) 417-0831

KMP Weekend Refresher Course:
Location: New York City

30 Hrs introductory KMP-course
The Language and Structure of Movement
Location: New York City

Pace University Psycholgy student training
Location: Pace University, New York

Workshop: The Kestenberg Movement Profile
Location: Dance/movement Therapy
Training Institute. Kinetics.
Rochester, NY

Psychotherapy, Supervision and Consulting available: sbirklein@gmail.com / 917-496 5772

Silvia B. Birklein, PhD, MA, LCAT, BC-DMT, CMA, KMP trainer

Silvia holds both a PhD in Clinical Psychology and an MA in General Psychology from the New School for Social Research (New School University) in New York; she also holds an MA in Dance Therapy/Counseling Psychology from Antioch University, and earned a degree in Dance and Performing Arts in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Birklein is certified in both Laban and Kestenberg movement analysis systems, and is a board member of the KMP executive committee. Currently, a 5th year candidate and fellow in the Postdoctoral Training Program for Psychoanalysis at NYU, she maintains a private practice for psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, in New York, and consults for TV reality shows. Further, she is an Assistant Professor at Pace University and collaborates with Dr. Mark Sossin in nonverbal, KMP affect-related research. Dr. Birklein continues to teach and present nationally and internationally, linking movement and psychoanalysis.

Website: www.silviabirklein.net

Contact: sbirklein@gmail.com

Janet Kestenberg Amighi (center) with KMP students

Janet Kestenberg Amighi, Ph.D. received her Phd. In 1985 in Anthropology. Author of the book Zoroastrians of Iran: Conversion, Assimilation and Persistence. Did anthropological research in Iran, Bali, and among Mexican immigrant workers. She teaches anthropology at Montgomery County Community College. She is the co-author of The Meaning of Movement: the Kestenberg Movement Profile. And she regularly teaches an introductory KMP course at Drexel University. Her special interest is in cross cultural applications of the KMP.

Contact: Jamighi@mc3.edu

K. Mark Sossin, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology, Pace University, and practices as a clinical psychologist, adult and child/adolescent psychoanalyst, and infant-parent psychotherapist. He is a Faculty Member and Supervisor, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University Postgraduate Programs; Faculty, Anni Bergman Parent-InfantTraining Program, and Member of the New York Freudian Society. Dr. Sossin has authored and co-authored papers and books on nonverbal behavior, early development, trauma and therapy, including The Meaning of Movement: Clinical and Developmental Applications of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (Brunner-Routledge, 1999). At Pace, he is Director of the Parent-Infant/Toddler Research Nursery, and he oversees psychological services at Pace's McShane Center for Psychological Services for individuals on the autism spectrum. He maintains a practice in New Hyde Park, NY.

Contact: ksossin@pace.edu

Dott. Debora Sbaiz, MA, BC-DMT, Professional Counselor, KMP trainer. She maintains a private practice as Dance/Movement Therapist and Professional Counselor in Udine, Italy. She teaches non verbal communication and emotion training in Professional Counseling schools. Currently she is the KMP trainer for the Italian Dance Therapy education program at Art Therapy Italiana, Bologna, Italy.

Education:
Certified Kestenberg Movement Profiler, by the KMP Committee of Child Development Research, 2008
Professional Counselor Certification, S.I.Co, Rome, Italy - July 2004.
Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy with a minor in counseling, Antioch University New England, N.H. (USA), November 2000
Bachelor of Arts, Bologna University, Italy - November 1996