Ways Of Seeing
International Training Program

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Ways of Seeing

is an advanced, webinar-based training program that equips professionals to integrate movement, attachment, and emotional development into their clinical and educational work with infants, children, and families.

This methodology originated with Dr. Tortora's work with caregivers and infants.

Our early experience informs who we become.

When you complete the Ways of Seeing training program, you help people understand the role that Dance Therapy, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Nonverbal Movement Analysis play in all of our ways of being. It is also a methodology that encourages you to take the whole body into consideration, including your own body.

The body, the mind, and the emotions are all a continuum. That's at the core of the training program. We are all these interrelated, feeling, thinking bodies.

This Unique Program Equips You To:

✔ Master nonverbal communication and understand the expressiveness of infants, children, and families
✔ Sharpen observation skills to notice subtle cues in individual and group interactions
✔ Apply nonverbal assessment tools designed for clinical and educational settings
✔ Integrate principles of movement, attachment, and emotional development
✔ Work with diverse populations across cultures and developmental stages

In this international program, you’re connecting with a community all around the world of people who have trained with Dr. Tortora, creating lasting professional relationships and ongoing support.

Application Form

Thank you for your interest in the Ways of Seeing International Training.

Because group fit is important, please complete the application form so we can ensure this will be a supportive experience for you. Once you submit the form, we’ll review your responses and follow up with next steps.

 Topics Covered

✔ Year 1: Foundations of the Ways of Seeing Method

  • Observational tools: IBL, BDW, DNF, MSI

  • Mirroring, attunement, breath, and body awareness

  • Nonverbal communication across the lifespan

  • Embodied countertransference

  • Infant mental health theory and research

  • Case studies: developmental delays, sensory processing, ADHD, communication delay, ASD, birth trauma, parent-child dysfunction

✔ Year 2: Advanced Applications with Infants, Young Children, and Families

  • D.A.N.C.E. nonverbal assessment tool

  • Parent-infant dyad co-regulation

  • Individual parent style analysis

  • Guest lecturers in Infant Mental Health (IMH)

  • Case studies: attachment disorders, learning difficulties, trauma, early medical illness

✔ Clinical Applications Include:

  • Attachment and bonding

  • Early trauma

  • Anxiety and postpartum depression

  • Adoption

  • ADHD and attention difficulties

  • Developmental challenges, sensory processing, communication delays

  • Early medical illness

  • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

  • "It is rare to have an educational experience as rich as the one I had in Ways of Seeing. I not only grew professionally, but also personally."

    — Candy L. Beers-Kim, M.S., R-DMT

  • "Dr. Tortora's approach enriches all areas of my practice from mental health promotion and prevention to therapeutic work."

    — Alenka Lah Vrbančič Simonic

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No, not at all!

    This training is for professionals working with children and families, including dance/movement therapists, psychotherapists and counselors, allied mental health professionals, educators and early childhood specialists, occupational and physical therapists.

  • Length: 2 years (4 semesters)

    Format: Webinar-based, with 1.5-hour live sessions held twice per month

    Learning Experiences:

    • Lecture and discussion

    • Video demonstrations and group analysis

    • Dyadic, small group, and whole group experiential learning

    • Worksheets and observational tools

    • Student case study presentations

    • Reflective practices for personal and professional growth

    Additional Support: Small group collaboration and optional individual supervision (via Zoom, additional fee)

  • The Ways of Seeing method teaches you to read and respond to nonverbal communication with precision and attunement. You'll develop sophisticated observation skills, learn evidence-based assessment tools, and gain practical frameworks for supporting healthy development and healing attachment wounds across diverse populations.

    This training deepens your capacity to work with families experiencing trauma, postpartum depression, developmental differences, sensory processing challenges, attention difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, adoption, early medical illness, and more.

  • Yes, credits are available for both continuing education and alternate route dance/movement therapy certification.

    • 120 hours CE for ADTA (R-DMT, BC-DMT)

    • 12 Alternate Route credits for ADTA certification. Three credits per semester for 4 semesters with 135 contact hours per semester.

    60 CE credits (in-person, NY state: LCSW, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC). Check with your credentialing body to confirm applicability.

  • Online. Join from anywhere in the world!

    How much does the training cost?

    A $60 non-refundable application fee is required to submit an application.

    Program Fee: $1,200 per semester ($4,800 for the entire 4 semester program).