Greetings from the Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMTAI) team!
We extend this invitation to you to CMTAI’s
5th Annual International Conference
Move, Express, Transform – Creating Wellness Across Populations
October 6-7th, 2018
Zorba the Buddha, New Delhi, India
Registration Link: http://www.cmtai.org/international-annual.aspx

Come join us for two days of packed experiential and discussion sessions in the groundbreaking work of dance/movement therapy and other creative art therapies (music, visual arts, and drama). Based on the enthusiastic response over the last four years, we are expecting over 130 participants, including expressive therapy practitioners, educators, trainers, psychologists, students, artists, and others.

CONFERENCE THEME
Mental health is a rising epidemic and crisis in our country. International research has shown the power of the arts to heal and transform individuals, groups, and communities. We believe that this is the time for us to expand this field(s) in India to address the psychological and social issues in our society.

This year’s conference will highlight and create discourse on the pivotal role of dance/movement therapy and other creative art therapies (music, visual arts, and drama) in adult psychopathology, child psychopathology, education, gender, and corporate wellness. 

Through experiential sessions and discussions, we hope to increase awareness and encourage collaborations for those within our field(s) and related fields to work together with us in fighting the mental health crisis of India. 

This conference is for anyone who has an interest in creative art therapies including practitioners of psychology, body-based fields, artists, trainers, educators, counselors, students, and individuals who want to learn more about expressive therapies! It is a great opportunity to network with and learn from others across various fields and interests.

SESSIONS

Facilitators from across India and the world will be leading experiential sessions and discussions. Some of the sessions include:

– Tiffany L. Thompson (USA) – Reaching Children Exposed to Trauma Through the Use of Expressive Arts in School Settings

– Tripura Kashyap (New Delhi/Bengaluru) – Dance Away Depression: Working with Adults

– Veda Dhaul (Mumbai) – Imagination in Education – Are we Killing Our Creativity?

– Neha Christopher (New Delhi) – Dance Movement Therapy with Older Adults

– Disha Dutt (Bengaluru) – Art Therapy with the Children of Migrant Dwellers in Slums

– Dr. Margaret Lobo, Polly Harris, Nina Wollersberger (UK/New Delhi) –Music: A Therapeutic Tool for Special Needs Children

– Vikramjeet Sinha (New Delhi) – Conflict and Transformation: Working through Image Theatre

– Iman Kheil (Palestine/Israel) – Step Up & Create Your Stage: Drama Therapy

– Akshata Parekh (Pune) – Bringing Art Back into People’s Lives: Social Interaction & Stress Management

– Kashma Goyal (Mumbai) – Drama Therapy in a Corporate Setup

– CharithraBallal (Bengaluru) – Gender & Self – An Enquiry

– Yashvi Bhatnagar (New Delhi) – Basic Principles and Intro to Dance Movement Psychotherapy

– Aditi Kaul (New Delhi) – Expressive Art Therapies in Healthcare and Education

– PreethaRamasubramaniam (Chennai) – Expressive Art Therapy Wellness Sessions in Mainstream Schools Focusing on Adolescents

– Akanksha Mishra / RashiBijlani (New Delhi) – Moving Together: Dance/Movement Therapy Inside Inclusive Classrooms

– AnshumaKshetrapal (Bengaluru/New Delhi) – Facilitating the Feminine: Using Drama Therapy to Explore Stories of and about Women

– Purva Sampath (Bengaluru) – Music In and Around Us: An Introduction to Music Therapy

– Dr. Vonita Singh (Dubai) – Shall We Dance: Mindful and Conscious Movements for People with Parkinson’s Disease

– Katia Verreault (Netherlands/Nepal) – Dance Movement Therapy, Trauma, and Interoception

Panelists in the areas of education, gender, and corporates include (subject to change):

Education – Mandeep Raikhy (Managing Director, Gati Dance Forum), Dr. Madhavi Maganti (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ashoka University), Dr. Sakshi Mehrotra (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Amity University), Riya Mandal (Performing Artist & Education Content Designer)

Gender – Sohini Chakraborty (Founder/Secretary, Kolkata Sanved), Tanisha Chadha (Programme Officer – Strategic Investment, Centre for Catalyzing Change)

Corporates – Kavita Mathur (People & Culture Leader, Grant Thornton), Anubha Doshi (Founder/Director, Artsphere), Kshitij Sharma (Senior Software Engineer, Ericsson), Jagat Rathore (Managing Partner, Wisnes OD Consulting)

Presenters and topics include (subject to change):

Ashwathi Ganesh (Bengaluru) – To Look Inward While Helping: A Journey Through Facilitation

Sophia Ali (New Delhi) – Expressive Self Care: Using Body-Based Expressive Arts Therapy with Brain Injury Survivors

TejaliKunte (Mumbai) – The Effects of a Community-Based Creative Movement and Dance Program: Using Indian Dance Techniques with Parkinson’s Patients

MugdhaShivapurkar (Pune) – Examining the Therapeutic Value of Art of a Client Diagnosed with a Personality Disorder: A Case Study

SukritiDua (New Delhi) – The Effect of Dance on Self: A Multi-level Approach

Seats are filling up fast! 

For more information and to register, please click on the following link: http://www.cmtai.org/international-annual.aspx