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Paula Grech MA, RDMP: Dance Movement Therapist |
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am Paula Grech, a facilitator of creative dance movement
therapy for groups and individuals. I have a Masters
Degree in Dance Movement Therapy, awarded by the Laban
Centre, London, in 2002 (validated by City University
London).
In the UK, I have worked in the Mental Health branch of
the National Health Service with adolescents, adults and
the elderly, facilitating individual and group dance
movement psychotherapy both in hospitals and in the
community.
My area of speciality is special needs: working within
schools for children who have learning difficulties,
especially within the autistic spectrum. I have also
worked with the wide and complex needs of the elderly.
My training is based on the use of Laban Movement
Analysis, one of the most widely
used systems of human movement
analysis. I use Kestenburg Movement Profiling to
describe non-verbal behaviour and help define
psychological functioning. I also draw on theoretical
models based on the work of Jung, Freud, Winnicot and
Bowlby.
Other aspects of my training employed for my work
include drama (I have a BA Degree in English), Interplay
(a practice exploring the wisdom of the body through
simple movement body techniques that help reconnect a
sense of wholeness) and Contact Improvisation (based on
the communication between two or more moving bodies). I
use Authentic Movement techniques (derived from the
Jungian work of Mary Starks Whitehouse) to enable
clients to turn free-association into movement.
I have spent the last two years in Australia and Europe,
and am now living near Montpellier in France, where I
intend to develop my clinical practice. My aim is to
offer a safe holding environment where people are free
to explore their emotions and open their creativity.
Through exploration of movement, dance and mime, clients
can discover areas where they can unlock their emotions
and reach their full potential.
I believe dance, movement and play is key to creativity
and that the release of motion enables the organic flow
of movement to be transformed into emotional growth,
providing a stronger sense of self and greater clarity
of mind. |
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Email:
contact@paulagrech.com
or telephone
06 75 17 11 30 |
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