Integrating the body in trauma-informed ways using Expressive Arts

Overview

Trauma and the Body is a five-day, in-person module that invites students and practitioners of expressive arts therapies to explore the role of the body in trauma work. It explores trauma-informed ways of being in the realm of therapy and in the Expressive Arts. The course is divided in 4 learning blocks intertwined and supported by experiential and embodied learning.

Trauma and the Body is open to Expressive Arts and Mental health practitioners, FECAT graduates, psychologists, counsellors and social workers, yoga practitioners

Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is a psychotherapeutic practice that uses movement and the body’s innate ability to express, process, and transform emotional experiences. Grounded in the understanding that the mind and body are deeply interconnected, DMT helps individuals explore their inner world, release stored tension, and foster self-awareness through creative movement. It supports emotional integration, enhances body-mind connection, and promotes healing in a safe, embodied way.

TCTSY Trauma Sensitive Yoga is the world’s first and only yoga-based intervention for complex trauma and PTSD that has been found to be as effective as talk therapy through twenty years of original research. Experiences of psychological trauma profoundly change our relationship with our body. TCTSY works by restoring a felt sense of safety in the body through our embodied, collaborative approach to healing that utilizes yoga forms and the power of authenticity and presence.