2-Day Workshop

Trauma, The Body and DMT Part 2:
Immersion in the Middle Phase of Therapy

Presented by Bonnie Meekums, PhD, RDMP, Fellow ADMP, Visiting Academic, Auckland University, Aotearoa New Zealand

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When: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Sunday, 23 November 2025
Time: 9.30am-5.00pm, both days
(90 Min Lunch Break)

Where: Auckland University, Aotearoa New Zealand

Dr. Bonnie Meekums is back in Auckland for Part 2 of her Trauma, The Body and DMT workshop series. Qualified Dance Movement Therapists, Creative Arts Therapists and advanced students of DMT who have either previously attended one of Bonnie’s workshops about trauma, or can demonstrate they have covered a similar syllabus, are invited to join us. Together, we will deepen our knowledge of both the theory and practice of working with trauma.

This workshop builds on one taught by Bonnie for DTAA in Auckland in 2020, called Trauma, the Body and DMT. In that first workshop, the emphasis was on the importance of working in a safe, contained way in the early phase of therapy. This ‘Part 2’ will enable practitioners to work more confidently beyond the early containment phase, into more exploratory techniques while still maintaining a safe environment.

The information and techniques you will learn are based on extensive research and clinical practice over many years.

We will use a combination of theoretical teaching, experiential exercises, and reflective exercises to achieve the stated learning outcomes:

Learning Objectives:

• A brief recap of Part 1, including safety as a ‘vector catalyst’, and the ‘movement anchor.’
• The therapeutic relationship during the middle phase of therapy, including: ‘titration’ and the ‘window of tolerance’, mirroring and witnessing, dealing with alliance ruptures.
• Key DMT approaches, including: structuring the space, working with physical symptoms as symbolism, working with parts of the body-self, rescuing the inner child, re-embodying through movement improvisation.

All you need: 

Attendees may wish to bring a pen or pencil and paper for note-making, and wear comfortable clothes for movement.

About the Presenter:

Cost:

* This special rate is for Master Students of the Dance Movement Therapy programme at University of Auckland. 

** As this is an advanced level course, Students must be completing or have just completed the second year of their DMT studies to attend the workshop.

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Contacts:

General enquiries, contact Clare Etherton
clareetherton@gmail.com

Ticket enquiries, contact DTAA Administration
admin@dtaa.org.au

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