COVID-19 Message from Kinections Creative Arts Therapies
27 June 2021 During this global coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, we at Kinections assure our clients, students, and colleagues that everyone’s safety and well-being are of the utmost importance to us. We are here to support your needs, as we continue to deliver dance/movement therapy clinical sessions and courses. Kinections is moving forward with the necessary actions to meet state and national requirements for the safety of those who participate in our programs. We are implementing protective measures based on the most current guidance from the CDC and the State of New York .
As COVID-19 continues to affect a growing number of individuals across the globe, Kinections will coordinate and communicate essential actions and contingency plans promptly. We encourage our clients, students, and colleagues to contact us with any questions or concerns so that we can address issues as quickly as possible.
Thanks to all of you, as we continue to work together to navigate these uncharted waters.
Stay home. Stop spread. Wear a mask. Maintain physical distance. Wash hands. Save lives.
Continuing Education Courses for LCATs, R–DMTs,
BC–DMTs, NCCs,
and other NBCC-credentialed health professions
Kinections Creative Arts Therapies (KCATs) strives to provide distinctive clinical and educational services for personal and professional growth via the creative arts therapies. Master clinicians supply insightful assessments and well-developed treatment plans that foster affective, cognitive, and behavioral change. Expert educators provide well-constructed, penetrating classes, grounded in the integration of the foundations of the creative arts therapies, counseling, psychology, and new research that affects assessment and methods of intervention.
2021–2022 SCHEDULE
All classes on-line until further notice
Write to kinectionsinfo@kinections.com for a registration form. Classes will eventually take place again at Kinections, but are on-line unless otherwise noted.
2021
AUGUST
Group Processes in Dance/Movement Therapy (1.6 credits, 24 hours) {1,2,3}
Instructor Elissa Q. White LCAT, CMA
Monday, August 2 – August 7, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
In-person at Kinections; All must be vaccinated
SEPTEMBER (Start Dates)
Psychomotor Therapy: Liljan Espenak’s Dance Therapy Approach (2 credits, 30 hours) {1,2,3}
Instructor Nana Koch, Ed.D., LCAT, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, CMA
Thursdays, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
September 9 & 23 ~ October 7 & 28~ November 4 & 18
Saturday, December 4, 2021, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Group Processes in LivingDance~LivingMusic (2 credits, 30 hours) {1,2,3}
Instructors Danielle L. Fraenkel, Ph.D., BC-DMT, NCC, LCAT, LMHC, CGP
Jeffrey Mehr, MA, MLP
Wednesdays, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 22 & 29 ~ October 6, 13, 20, 27 ~ November 3, 10, 17 ~ December 1, 8
Friday, January 7, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday, January 8, 2022 ~10:00 AM – 1:00 PM & 2:30 PM– 5:30 PM
LivingDance~LivingMusic: Theory, Method, and Experience
(3 credits; 45 hours) {1,2,3}
Instructors Danielle L. Fraenkel, Ph.D., BC-DMT, NCC, LCAT, LMHC, CGP
Jeffrey Mehr, MA, MLP
September 30, 2021–February 10, 2022
Thursdays, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
September 30 ~ October 14 & 21 ~
November 11 ~ December 2, 9, 16, 2021
January 6, 13, 20, 27 ~ February 3 & 10, 2022
Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM– 5:30 PM
January 8, 2022
Required for anyone who wants to become a credentialed LivingDance~LivingMusic facilitator.Integrating Verbal and Nonverbal Processes in Group Therapy
[3 credits; 45 hours] {1, 2,3}
Additional Course Dates to be Determined for
Dance/Movement Therapy Practice: Applications for People with Developmental Disabilities [1 credit; 15 hours] {2,3}
Dance/Movement Therapy Practice: Applications for People with Psychiatric challenges [1 credit, 15 hours] {2,3}
Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders.
[1 credit, 15 hours] {2,3}
Movement Pattern Analysis
[ TBD ]
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Courses meet on-line unless otherwise noted.
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Since all the on-line classes are available as podcasts, you may join the class up to three weeks after the start date, with the understanding that you will view the recordings, comment on the discussions, complete the improvisational tasks and respond in writing just as your classmates did during class. Classes provide continuing education hours for the American Dance Therapy Association.
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Kinections Creative Arts Therapies is recognized by the New York State Education’s Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0033
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Kinections is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. (ACEP™) #5767.
