ADTA Approved Graduate Programs in Dance/Movement Therapy

 

The ADTA approves programs that meet the requirements stated in the ADTA Standards for Graduate Dance/Movement Therapy Programs. Graduates of approved programs meet all professional requirements for the Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) credential.

 

Dance/movement therapy graduate programs educate students in the content areas of psychological theory, human development, multicultural perspectives, group process, behavioral research, psychopathology, psychodiagnosis and assessment skills; DMT theory, expressive and communicative aspects of verbal and non-verbal behavior, movement observation and analysis, human anatomy, kinesiology and basic neuroscience; and clinical applications of DMT with individuals, families and groups.  Programs also require and provide at least 700 hours of supervised clinical fieldwork and internships.

 

For further information about financial assistance, prerequisites, housing, etc. please contact each college or university directly. Note that most schools allow one or two courses to be taken without being accepted into the program.

 

Click on each university's name to link to their official website. 

 

ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY, NEW ENGLAND
40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431-3516
Telephone: 603-283-2137

Contact: Susan Loman, Director --- sloman@antioch.edu

Masters Program in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, Department of Applied Psychology. 

 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO

600 S Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-9988
Telephone: 312-369-7697

Contact: Bethany Brownholtz --- bbrownholtz@colum.edu

Masters Program in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling. Department of Creative Arts Therapies

 

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Mail Stop 7905, Three Parkway, 7^th Floor, Suite 7103, 1601 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Telephone: 267-359-5511

Contact: Kristen Scatton – kristen.scatton@drexel.edu

Masters Program Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, Creative Arts Therapies Department.

 

LESLEY UNIVERSITY
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-349-8413

Contact: Nancy Beardall --- beardall@lesley.edu

M.A. In Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Specialization Dance/Movement Therapy

 

NAROPA UNIVERSITY

2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302-6697
Telephone: 303-546-3572 and 800-772-6951

Contact: Michelle Duchin, Admissions --- mduchin@naropa.edu or Wendy Allen, --- wallen@naropa.edu

Masters Program in Somatic Counseling Psychology with Concentration in Dance/Movement Therapy, Somatic Counseling Psychology Department.

 

PRATT INSTITUTE
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11205
Telephone: 718-399-4274

Contact: Joan Wittig, Assistant Professor --- jwittig@pratt.edu

Masters Program in Dance/Movement Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy Department.

 

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

1 Mead Way

Bronxville, NY 10708

Telephone: 914-395-2371

Contact: Cathy Appel, Director --- cappel@sarahlawrence.edu

              Jennifer Lemiech-Iervolino, Coordinator of DMT Administrative Services: jlemiech@sarahlawrence.edu

              Emanuel Lomax, Graduate Admissions: elomax@sarahlawrence.edu

MS Degree Program in Dance/Movement Therapy.