Exploring Post-Genocide Chinese-Indonesian Identity from the Perspective of the Secondary Witness: Dance/Movement Therapy ApproachIyit Benusia
The Weight of Trauma: Exploring a New Method in Dance/Movement Therapy for Trauma Processing with Adolescents Xavia Hawkins Contact: [email protected]
Effect of Dance Therapy among Covid-19 Survivors, Frontline Workers, and Individuals who Lost Family During Covid-19 Pandemic Eesha Mehta Contact: [email protected] Tripura Kashyap Reetu Jain
Preethi Rajagopalan Aparna Ramkrishnan
Sukriti Dua
Exploring the Respective Relationships between Applied Dance Movement Therapy and Aerobic Dance for Development of Bodily-kinesthetic and Emotional Intelligence Amongst Elementary Students Siyao “Violet” Li
Siyao Li is a Registered-Dance Movement Therapist. She received her M.A. in clinical mental health counseling from Lesley University. She received her B.A in psychology and PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Beijing Normal University. She currently works with BIPOC and immigrant families in greater Boston Area as an in-home therapist. Contact: [email protected] The Care and Keeping of Therapeutic Connection in Telehealth: An Embodied Inquiry Caitlyn Holly Gilmore
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Co-leadership in Dance/Movement Therapy: A Mixed-method Literature Review Chyong-Mei Chang
Ms. Chang holds an M.A. in psychology, B.A. in nursing, and a registered China-Germany Dance Movement Therapist. She is co-founder of the award-winning Taiwan Creative Body-Mind Development Association and has years of experience working with diverse at-risk groups, children and parents, as well as in organizational and team development. Contact: [email protected]
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Xavia Hawkins, MA, R-DMT from Hyattsville, MD recently graduated from Lesley University with her master’s in clinical mental health counseling specializing in dance/movement therapy. She has 15 years of performance dance experience in ballet, modern, jazz, and hip-hop including 2 years of studio instruction. Xavia currently works as a sexual and domestic trauma therapist in Arlington, VA. 
Eesha Mehta is a dance company member at the Head-Royce School in California with years of competitive dance experience in ballet, tap, modern, and jazz companies. Following an injury, she became connected to the world of dance/movement therapy and its positive impact on improving psychosocial outcomes. She has worked with the CMTAI to develop the tele-health Covid-19 project.
Tripura Kashyap pioneered Dance Movement Therapy in India in 1990. She studied Movement therapy at the Hancock Centre and received an M.A. in Psychology. Tripura received fellowships from the Ashoka International Foundation and Indian Ministry of Culture for her innovations in dance therapy and contemporary dance. She authored My Body, My Wisdom and Contemporary Dance: Practices, Paradigms and Practitioners. Tripura is the co-founder of Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMTAI). Contact: 
Reetu Jain is Co-Founder of CMTAI, a creative movement therapy (CMT, aka DMT) facilitator, a dancer/choreographer, and visiting faculty at Ashoka University in Delhi. Reetu is pursuing her PhD in Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, exploring the potential of arts-based methods in gender-based violence prevention programs working with youth in India. Contact: 
Preethi Rajagopalan completed her training in Creative Movement Therapy from CMTAI in 2015 and is completing the ADTA approved alternate route training at the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT), Montreal. She has been working with various populations including neurodiverse children, teachers, and women's groups.
Aparna Ramkrishnan is a R-DMT with a MA in Dance movement psychotherapy from Goldsmiths, University of London and a MS in Medical Sociology from The University of Madras and a Post Diploma in Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai. She primarily works with adolescent and adult mental health within various community settings.
Sukriti Dua is a psychologist, dance/movement therapy practitioner and a choreographer. She has done her bachelors in Psychology and masters in Clinical Psychology and has also completed a certification in Dance/Movement Therapy from CMTAI. She actively conducts workshops with students, universities, schools, corporates etc. and is a faculty on CMTAI's certification courses.
