Presentations
Upcoming…
Research Poster Session, 61st American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Long Beach, CA | November 5-8, 2026
Eclipsing Disembodiment: A Qualitative Inquiry into Clinician Comfort Bias in Dance/Movement Therapy; findings from a movement-based qualitative study examining clinician embodiment bias and conceptualizations of embodiment and disembodiment. Co-presenter with Tory Redfern, MA, R-DMT.
Co-Presenter, 61st American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Long Beach, CA | November 5-8, 2026
From Wayward to Windward—Charting New Waters: A Cybernetic Lens on Ancestral Movement Observation; this presentation offers new language (Universal Body-Informed Therapy, cybernetics) to frame therapy as a living system, where meaning and behavior are continuously transformed through relational and embodied feedback. Triptych embodiment is offered as a protocolized movement observation assessment tool. Co-presenter with Tory Redfern, MA, R-DMT, and Selena Coburn, MA, LMHC, LPC, BC-DMT.
Past…
Co-Presenter, 60th American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Raleigh, NC | November 6-9, 2025
Growing Pains: Reimagining “Embodiment” and the Transformation of Dance/Movement Therapy; this presentation investigated the intersection of dance/movement therapy theory and language with broader mental health theories and practices, and specifically challenged and expanded previous definitions of the word “embodiment” to ensure its most ethical and effective use with clients in clinical practice. Co-presenter with Tory Redfern, MA, R-DMT.
Research Poster Session, American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C. | August 6-8, 2026
Growing Pains: Reimagining “Embodiment” within Dance/Movement Therapy; a continued exploration of the universal utility of two new dance/movement therapy embodiment theories (triptych embodiment and the gels of embodiment) within the broader mental health field. Co-presenter with Tory Redfern, MA, R-DMT.