• Attend committee meetings, held monthly for approximately 1.5 hours
• Follow up with assigned/given tasks
• Maintain confidentiality on all discussions within the committee
• Understand and remain open to their own ethical biases and framework
• Advocate for and maintain safety while addressing ethical situations within the ADTA

Email the Committee Chair at [email protected] if you are interested in joining the Standards & Ethics Committee.

Douglas Cornman, MA, BC-DMT serves as the Sunbeam Director for the Maine Seacoast Mission in Northeast Harbor, Maine. He is crew aboard the MV Sunbeam V, a 94-ton, 74 ft steel-hulled boat that cruises the coast of Maine providing holistic healthcare services, educational programming, and hospitality to the residents of the fifteen islands that sustain year-round fishing communities. His work with islanders focuses primarily on emotional and spiritual healthcare, substance abuse, and coping with the challenges associated with living in remote and isolated rural island communities. Prior to his work with the Seacoast Mission, Douglas lived in Philadelphia, PA and New Haven, CT and worked with children, adolescents, and adults living with Autism Spectrum Disorder in outpatient mental health, school, and residential settings.

Douglas earned his dance therapy degree from Allegheny University of the Allied Health Sciences (formerly Hahnemann; currently Drexel) and his undergraduate degree in Theater Performance from Messiah College in Grantham, PA. He is a former company member of Trapezius Ariel Dance, Philadelphia and The New Haven Ballet. He currently dances with Motion Collective, an improvisational dance company based on Mount Desert Island and teaches modern, ballet, and improv technique.

Selena Coburn BC-DMT, LMHC, LCPC is a mental health counselor and dance/movement therapist in Great Falls, Montana, an adjunct professor at Lesley and Antioch University, and a full-time social sciences professor at Great Falls College Montana State University. She is a descendant of Blackfeet, Klamath, and Pitt River tribes. She earned her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase College in Purchase, NY. Selena's dance/movement therapy training includes the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, NY, and Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a board-certified dance/movement therapist, she believes in the importance of decolonizing dance as therapy and culturally inclusive processing as the primary therapeutic principle. Selena has worked with adolescents in the residential treatment center setting and experienced the power of incorporating cultural healing elements in helping adolescents navigate social, emotional, physical, and relational developmental changes. Coburn has presented on Blackfeet cultural dances, Native American perspectives, and participated in panel discussions locally, regionally, and internationally. Selena founded the Native American Affinity Group as part of the Multicultural Diversity Committee of the ADTA and received the Leader of Tomorrow Award in 2020. She has previously served on the Texas Chapter board. She is currently serving on the ADTA Standards and Ethics Committee and previously served as the Chair. Selena is ready and enthusiastic to shepherd future students.

Meg Chang, EdD, BC-DMT, LCAT, NCC is a board-certified dance/movement therapist (BC-DMT), a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) in New York State, and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). In the ADTA, she has served as National Treasurer and both a founding member of the Multicultural and Diversity Committee and chair of its Asian and Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Affinity Group. In 2019 she was honored with ADTA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently a visiting core faculty member in the Dance/Movement Therapy Program at Lesley University, her clinical career has encompassed decades of private and group work with hospitalized psychiatric patients, housebound elderly, UN peacekeepers in Kosovo, and support groups for domestic violence survivors. Her extensive writing and editing credits for the AJDT Journal and elsewhere include the field’s first foundational articles on racial and cultural identity, as well as on the use of dance therapy for domestic violence trauma. She is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher (MBSR) and trainer, and a Certified Kinetic Awareness ™ Teacher. Her doctorate was earned at Columbia University Teachers College and dissertation research was conducted in South Korea and Taiwan, with a focus on East Asian dance/movement therapy pedagogy.

Pamela Faith Lerman, M.Ed., LCAT, LMHC, BC-DMT has been a dance/movement therapist since 1987. A graduate of Temple University’s M. Ed. in Dance Ed, (1985), Ms. Lerman earned DMT certification (1987) via the Alternate route at Hahnemann University (Drexel), & Naropa Institute, w/Board Certification completed in 1990. A member of the Standards & Ethics committee since 2023 & a member of the ADTA’s Spirituality & Religion Affinity group, Ms. Lerman is the Hudson Valley/Capital District Liaison to the NYSADTA. She taught Intro to Dance Tx. at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY (2007-2022) & was Creative Arts Therapist for Ellis Hospital’s Dept of Psychiatry in Schenectady, NY (1998-2021). Currently in private practice, Ms. Lerman offers clients an integrated body centered approach using verbal & non-verbal therapies including the creative arts to facilitate healing and growth.

Lauren Mickle, MS, BC‑DMT (she/her) is a board‑certified dance/movement therapist and the founder of Hopeful Movement Therapy. Based in Austin, Texas, she has spent over a decade supporting children, adults and legal‑system‑involved clients across inpatient, outpatient and virtual settings. With a BFA in Dance from the University of North Texas and an MS in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute, Lauren provides trauma‑informed, body‑centered psychotherapy and facilitates high‑acuity virtual groups at Charlie Health. She has extensive experience designing clinically sound programs, training and supporting clinicians, and strengthening documentation within complex systems. Lauren’s work centers nervous‑system regulation, co‑regulation and helping clients reconnect with their internal body wisdom—especially in telehealth spaces where technology shapes access and connection. Drawing on humanistic and trauma‑informed frameworks, Laban Movement Analysis and kinesthetic empathy, she integrates emerging tools—with discernment and ethics to protect client safety, autonomy and growth. Passionate about inclusivity, Lauren makes dance/movement therapy accessible to those who may not resonate with talk‑only approaches, inviting every client to listen deeply to their body and experience creative, transformative healing.

Cathy Peek R-DMT is a native New Yorker with 40 years of practice with adults inpatient and mostly children outpatient. She received her Master of Creative Arts Therapy under the supervision and thesis direction of Dianne Dulicai at the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. Additionally, she's been a consultant to high school and college athletes providing team building, stress management and visualization training for which the creative arts therapies program at Hahnemann awarded her with their nomination for alumni of the year. Cathy also holds an AB from Boston University as well as a Psy.D. from the University of Denver (DU). During her time at DU Cathy conducted anti-racism/oppression trainings with Jane Eliott, the lowa educator who developed the Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Experiment. She is a member of ADTA's Multicultural & Diversity Committee in homage to her African American and American Indian heritage in addition to being a member of the American Psychological Association.

Liz Powers, LMHC-A, R-DMT (she/her) is a dance movement therapist working across several levels of care at the children’s psychiatric hospital in Rhode Island. Liz is passionate about the ethical integration of DMT in clinical work with young people and their families as well as advocating for accessibility and choice for folks navigating mental health crises. Liz earned her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling specializing in Dance Movement Therapy from Lesley University in 2024.

Jennifer Whitley, M.S., BC-DMT, LCAT, CMA (she/hers) is a board-certified dance/movement therapist (DMT) and LCAT in NY. She is trained in: Ways of Seeing, Level II Reiki, Laban Movement Analysis, Meaning-Center Psychotherapy, EMDR and Authentic Movement. Jenn works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in NYC focusing on medical DMT in pediatric oncology (MSK Kids), offers dance wellness classes, and leads workshops for adult patients through Integrative Medicine. She provides DMT for special needs students in the school setting and works in private practice at Dancing Dialogue. Jenn is on the Board of the Andréa Rizzo Foundation and the ADTA Standards and Ethics Committee.

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