[Adta] LivingDance~LivingMusic

[Danielle Fraenkel]

Thank you Lora, and Nana for writing about the meaningful times you have 
had during LivingDance~LivingMusic. Thanks also to those of you have 
sent me comments and questions. Since a number of the questions were 
similar, I thought I would respond to two of them.

With whom can you use LivingDance~LivingMusic?
LivingDance~LivingMusic emerged  20 years ago during my work with the 
Rochester Eating Disorders Organization. Since then I have used it 
successfully with adults in partial hospitalization programs, 
emotionally disturbed children and adolescents in residential treatment, 
their parents, and in my private practice at Kinections.
     
My private practice includes male and female adolescents and adults. 
Some come because nothing else has worked. Others come for specific 
reasons, ranging from mood disorders to conduct disorders, and from 
relationship issues to creative blocks. Whatever the presenting problem, 
we work with the basic elements of LivingDance. As in all therapy, how I 
choose to work with them depends on the case.
     
I also run dance/movement therapy sessions for male and female adults 
and adolescents at Unity Hospital System, the hub of western NY's Center 
for Excellence in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. 
LivingDance~LivingMusic and Chace circles are my prime methods of 
intervention.
     
How does LivingDance~LivingMusic combine elements of Chace and Whitehouse?
I can't imagine any dance/movement therapist, no matter what approach he 
or she uses, not embracing Chace's investment in movement empathy, 
rhythm, symbolism; and basic body action. Nor can I imagine any working 
dance/movement therapist who does not attend to polarities, authentic 
expression, and the differences between judging/assessing and 
witnessing. In LivingDance~LivingMusic the dancers learn how to think 
and talk as witnesses. However, music and the basic elements of 
LivingDance are always part of the process.
    
If you want to know more about LivingDance~LivingMusic, please check out 
our web site or experience it yourself at the ADTA conference. We will 
have live music as our title implies. I will also let you know how I 
bring LivingMusic into my day time sessions during the week when live 
music is not available.

Please write back if you have any more questions.
Dani Fraenkel
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 Danielle L. Fraenkel, Ph.D., ADTR, NCC, LCAT, LMHC
 Director
 Kinections http://www.kinections.com
 at Imagine Square
 718 University Avenue
  Rochester, NY 14607-1259
    USA
    Tel: 585.473.5050
    Tel & FAX: 585.442.8499

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