This experiential workshop will explore using dance/movement therapy to treat trauma from an Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) perspective. IFS involves a non-pathologizing and empowering approach to treating trauma which focuses on accessing the undamaged core strength or Self of the individual, which is used to heal traumatized parts of the individual that have been exiled or have taken on extreme roles. Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT), when integrated with IFS, can assist the individual in discovering how dissociated parts can be identified as they surface in the body, and the individual can reclaim their body, reintegrating previously exiled parts. 

Amy Jacques, BC-DMT, LPC