Chronic Pain and Early Attachment — Dance/Movement Therapy Approaches to Healing

Earn 1 New York State LCAT, LCSW, LMHC or LMSW Continuing Education Credit

From the Comfort of Your Own Home on Your Own Schedule!

Course Description:

Approximately 1 in 4 American adults have chronic pain. Research shows the development of chronic pain is associated with “insecure” adult attachment styles, rooted in infancy/early childhood experiences with primary caregivers. These early experiences – initially registered on a somatic, kinesthetic and sensorial level – shape how we make sense of the world, express our emotions and respond to threats throughout our lifetime.  Using case study interventions, nonverbal ways to explore the relationship between chronic pain and early relationship patterns through moment-to-moment movement explorations that metaphorically reveal old and new ways to engage with self and others will be explored.  

Course Objectives

1. Describe 3 ways that early childhood experiences influence the development of self in general and in your own life. 

2. Explain how your body-mind- emotions create a continuum that can be explored through supporting discovery and healing using 3 creative arts methods.

3. Learn how to gain deep somatic insight into clients when moving with them and witnessing their affective and physical attunement during partnered movement explorations

Course Curriculum

1. Welcome to the Continuing Education Program at Dancing Dialogue!

   • Welcome to Dancing Dialogue Self-Study Continuing Education

2. Chronic Pain and Early Attachment

   • Introduction- Chronic Pain and Early Attachment

   • Literature Review

3. Treating Chronic Pain Using the Ways of Seeing Method

   • The Ways of Seeing Method for Chronic Pain Treatment

   • Case Study and Dance Therapy Experiential

4. Course Examination and Closing

   • Course Examination

   • Course Evaluation