Christine Isherwood Singing The Psyche: Voice Movement Therapy
I teach the Training in Voice Movement Therapy (http://www.vmtusa.com/); lead VMT and Expressive Arts Workshops; work with individuals and couples; supervise Voice Movement Therapy students and practitioners. I work primarily with adults, individually, with couples, and in small groups. I have worked a lot in the reclaiming of voice and it is my experience that many, if not most of us, have experienced being silenced at some level, whether it be the ability to declare ourselves, to ask for what we want, to speak up for or defend ourselves, within the family, within intimate relationships as well as within society and politically. I have worked within the fields of mental health, intimate relationships, drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, homelessness, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, with LGBTQI communities in counselling, running support and social groups, and theatre productions.
Professional Affiliations: IAVMT (Internation Association of Voice Movement Therapists, IEATA (Intern Assoc. Expressive Arts Therapies
Additional Training: MA CMHC with concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy, VMTR (Registered Voice Movement Therapist)
Areas of Experience: Voice and Psyche, Expressive Art Therapies, Giving Voice to Oneself, Songwriting, Movement, Art and Psyche
Primary Arts practice: Initially a singer/actor and writer, I trained in Voice Movement Therapy, an expressive arts therapy which uses the voice as a primary modality, in 1996. I have been teaching the Professional Training in VMT since 1998. I also trained in Expressive Arts Therapy and as a Clinical Mental Health Counsellor. I consider the body, with its stories and wisdom, is essential in the world of expressivity and the expressive arts and believe the body/voice needs to tell its tales. I have worked with many people over the past decades and know that everybody is a singer, everybody is a songwriter and composer and everybody has their songs to sing; indeed I consider the claiming and reclaiming of our own songs to be essential. I work a lot through improvisation, which enables people to encounter, discover, express and shape new aspects themselves. I know that everyone is creative and everyone is expressive. Long before I ever heard of the Expressive Arts Therapies, I was engaged in practices of writing, sounding, singing, making with clay, painting, and moving from one to the other, in organic search of ways to express and change my inner landscape. Today I still sing, compose, perform, write, make sculpture, make art, and combine art and voice. I have made theatre, recorded and toured as a pop singer, and performed in many venues.
Qualified for clinical supervision: Yes
Contact: Location: Online, International, based in MA, USA (My hours vary according to time, location, and time of year.) Tel: (508) 685-7445 Email: [email protected]
