Zero to Three Annual Conference (San Diego, CA)
Lullaby circles of connection: The cross-cultural thread in soothing and engaging parenting styles through nonverbal interaction using rhythm, song, and dance.
CT-AIMH 2017 Fall Conference |The Underlying Meaning of Infant and Young Children’s Behaviors (Branford, CT)
The Underlying Meaning of Infant and Young Children’s Behaviors: how the embodied experiential nature of our interactions can build emotional expression, social engagement and strengthen the attachment relationship between infants/young children and their caregivers.
ADTA | Early Childhood Forum - Where Somatic Movement Therapy and Dance/Movement Therapy meet: Similarities and Distinctions (San Antonio, TX)
ADTA Annual Conference.
Instructors Suzi Tortora & Martha Eddy.
AACAP | Clinical Perspectives 38: Creative Psychotherapies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Washington, DC)
AACAP meeting
The Dancing Dialogue: The Role of the Unspoken and the Creative Arts in Therapeutic Change with Infants, Children and their Families
Suzi Tortora, EdD, Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Metaphors be with you! Creative psychotherapies in child and adolescent psychiatry. Talk with Jenna Saul-Kuntz MD and others.
Expressive Therapies Summit | Chronic Pain & Early Attachment (New York, NY)
Chronic Pain & Early Attachment: A Movement Process for Awareness and Healing with SUZI TORTORA, EDD, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC
Human in Motion | Your Baby Is Speaking To You! (Beijing, China)
Understanding The Role Of The Body And Nonverbal Communication To Create Loving Relationships: An Introduction To Infant And Early Childhood Development – Introductory Level
Workshop 2
Organization: Human in Motion
Director: Tina Ma
Human in Motion | Resilience or Rebound? (Beijing, China)
How Your Childhood Experiences Shape Who You Are Today
Workshop 1
Organization: Human in Motion
Director: Tina Ma
A Discovery Early Education | Dance Movement Therapy Training (Xi’an, China)
Children Nonverbal Communication Professional Training
Organization: A Discovery Early Education
Director: April Su
A Discovery Early Education | Dance Movement Therapy Workshop (Xi’an, China)
Children Nonverbal Communication Professional Training
Organization: A Discovery Early Education
Director: April Su
New Alternatives for Children | Trauma, Stress & Postpartum Depression (New York, NY)
Child/Play Therapy Training Program
Child/Play Therapy Training Program, a series of lectures helping child therapists improve their skills working with parents and children.
Dr. Suzi Tortora's lecture -
Trauma, Stress & Postpartum Depression: Video-analysis and treatment of parent-infant attachment relationship
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and the Professional Development Program | More Than Just 'Use Your Words' (New York, NY)
Hosting Organizations: New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and the Professional Development Program
Programa de Entrenamiento en Danza Movimiento Terapia | Dance Movement Therapy with Children (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Lecture series and supervision at Programa de Entrenamiento en Danza Movimiento Terapia de Buenos Aires - Brecha - Buenos Aires Dance Movement Therapy Training Program
12 to May 18, 2017
Dance Movement Therapy with Children.
Intensive Week: Dancing Dialogue. Dr. Suzi Tortora BC-DMT
14th Annual Young Child Expo & Conference | Ways of Seeing (New York, NY)
Will be giving a talk at the Young Child Expo & Conference on Ways of Seeing: Supporting Early Attachment and Development in ASD using Creative Dance/Movement Psychotherapy
UCLArts & Healing Conference | Chronic Pain & Early Attachment: A Movement Process for Awareness and Healing (Los Angeles, CA)
Creativity & the Arts in Healing
Learn arts-based tools for facilitating communication, building connection, promoting positive emotions, fostering engagement, reducing stress, and managing the impact of trauma in our inaugural experiential training conference.
Choose from 125+ workshops delivered by leading national experts in art, dance, drama, drumming, music, and writing integrated with mental health practices.
Friday, March 31, 2017 from 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Chronic Pain & Early Attachment: A Movement Process for Awareness and Healing
Suzi Tortora, EdD, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC
Approximately 1 in 4 American adults have chronic pain. Research has shown that the development of chronic pain is associated with “insecure” adult attachment styles, rooted in infancy and early childhood experiences with primary caregivers. These early experiences – initially registered on a somatic, kinesthetic and sensory level – shape how we make sense of the world, express our emotions and respond to threats throughout our lifetime. This 3-hour workshop will demonstrate nonverbal ways to explore early relationship patterns through moment-to-moment dance/movement explorations that metaphorically reveal old and new ways to engage with self and others. I will demonstrate their movement styles and provide descriptions for the participants to “ try-on.” This workshop will include dyadic, small group, and whole group hands-on learning. Therapist participants will learn how to gain visceral insight into clients when moving with them and witnessing their affective and physical attunement during partnered movement explorations. Designed for participation by healthcare professionals of all disciplines and interested others.
Eligible for 3.0 Credit Hours: ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing
Eligible for 3.0 Clock Hours: NBCC
Not eligible for APT credits
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Inaugural NYP MSCHONY CAT CHATTs Conference | Creative Arts Therapy Conversations in Healthcare and Therapeutic Transformation (New York, NY)
Creative Arts Therapy Conversations in Healthcare and Therapeutic Transformation
Dr. Suzi Tortora, Ed.D, BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC, CMA
Presenting on
Dancing Dialogues:
Interdisciplinary Nonverbal Communication Through Movement
Activity Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
- Describe the powerful expressiveness of nonverbal communication in patient and family dynamocs
- Explain specific nonverbal assessment and intervention tools to address the specific needs of patients and families with a variety of difficulties
- Identify nonverbal communication in individual and multiple person exchanges
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Lecture for National Creative Arts Therapy Week |Shall We Dance? (New York, NY)
Shall We Dance? Using Creative Arts Therapies to Promote Play, Social-Relatedness and Self-Expression in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Presenter: Dr. Suzi Tortora, Ed.D., BC-DMT, LCAT
Manager, Dance/Movement Therapy
Pediatrics – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Learning Objectives:
- Discover the important role the creative arts therapies can play in supporting children with ASD to communicate their unique feelings and perspectives about their experience and the world around them.
- Learn how creative movement, dance, body awareness and relaxation activities can be used to support internal regulation, strengthen attachment relationships and build social skills for children with ASD.
- Learn how to understand, communicate and work with difficult, obscure and hard to read nonverbal cues through an interactive nonverbal observation system based on dance/movement therapy principles and Laban nonverbal movement analysis.
MarbleJam Kids 10 Year Anniversary Gala, Honoring Our Own (River Vale, NJ)
Dr. Suzi Tortora will be honored for her work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at MarbleJam Kids Center for Creative Arts Therapy and Enrichment 10th Anniversary Dinner.
Founded in 2007, MarbleJam Kids provides creative arts therapies and adaptive arts and enrichment to children of all ages with autism and special needs. MarbleJam Kids Center for Creative Arts Therapy provides a safe space for self exploration & expression with the support of therapists, special educators, and support staff. The facility is equipped with a dance, art and music studio and allows for both group and private sessions and instruction. MarbleJam Kids is dedicated to working with each family to ensure affordability through fundraising and advocacy.
7th World Congress on Women's Mental Health | The Multi-sensory World of the Infant: Understanding the Baby’s Embodied Experience and Nonverbal Cues to Support Attachment (Dublin, Ireland)
Dr. Suzi Tortora is lecturing in a Pre-Congress Workshop organized by the World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) and the Irish Association for Infant Mental Health (IAIMH) for the 7th World Congress on Women's Mental Health. The title of the lecture is: The Multi-sensory World of the Infant: Understanding the Baby’s Embodied Experience and Nonverbal Cues to Support Attachment.
92Y Harkness Dance Center | Dance/Movement Psychotherapy with Infants/Children* (New York, NY)
Sensitize yourself to the ways young children learn and express themselves through their movement and senses. Explore nonverbal cues and movement activities that support early attachment relationships and social, emotional and cognitive development. For parents, caregivers and professionals, these activities are used with families or groups and in dyadic or individual therapeutic, hospital, preventative and child-care settings.
$300 until Jan 6 / $325 after.
*Course is fully approved by the ADTA for Alternate Route credit for R-DMT training. All Dance Therapy courses are eligible for CE hours. For further information about the ADTA, visit www.adta.org.
92Y Harkness Dance Center | Dance/Movement Psychotherapy with Infants/Children* (New York, NY)
Sensitize yourself to the ways young children learn and express themselves through their movement and senses. Explore nonverbal cues and movement activities that support early attachment relationships and social, emotional and cognitive development. For parents, caregivers and professionals, these activities are used with families or groups and in dyadic or individual therapeutic, hospital, preventative and child-care settings.
$300 until Jan 6 / $325 after.
*Course is fully approved by the ADTA for Alternate Route credit for R-DMT training. All Dance Therapy courses are eligible for CE hours. For further information about the ADTA, visit www.adta.org.
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