Dance Movement Psychotherapy

All eligible applicants to the programme will be interviewed/auditioned by the Programme Convener with Programme staff. Selection will be based on the following admissions criteria:
applicants will normally be required to hold an undergraduate degree at Honours level; in most cases this will be in a modality specific discipline or a clinically related discipline such as Dance, Drama, Psychology, Mental Health (Psychiatric) Nursing, Social Work, Teaching etc.; graduate level professional qualifications in appropriate disciplines such as Visual Art, Drama, Performing Arts, Occupational Therapy, Probation Officers or Social Work, etc. are also accepted;
applicants will be expected to have appropriate clinical experience of having worked within a setting and with clients relevant to the programme; this might include working with children with behavioural or developmental challenges, learning difficulties, adult mental health, elderly, homelessness etc.; this work can either be done on a voluntary or employed basis;
it is expected that Dance Movement Psychotherapy applicants will have extensive experience either having worked professionally or having practiced extensively within dance;
it is expected that applicants will have prior dance experience either having worked professionally in a dance/performance context or having practiced continuously for a minimum of 3 years prior to training, knowledge and experience of at least two dance techniques is required;
applicants should demonstrate a maturity of personality and self awareness compatible with training as a therapist; applicants need an appropriate degree of psychological mindfulness including the capacity to form and maintain appropriate empathic relationships with clients; they should also demonstrate emotional literacy, robustness and an ability to be curious and self-reflective;
applicants need to evidence that they can meet the academic demands of a Masters degree and will be required to prepare and submit a brief written report to support their application;
applicants whose first language is not English will need to provide evidence that they can achieve an IELTS score of 7, with no element below 6.5 at point of graduation;
applicants will be required to supply the names of two referees, normally one of these should be able to comment on the applicant\'s academic suitability and the other the applicants clinical suitability for the programme;
in addition to these requirements, all students must be prepared to enter mandatory on-going personal therapy for the duration of the programme; such therapy can be individual or group and students should attend no fewer than 40 regular sessions within any calendar year; payment for therapy is separate to course fees;
all successful applicants will need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS);
full details of entry criteria, application and interview processes, along with details of DBS checks, personal therapy and fees are disseminated at open and introductory days and interview as well as being available on the Roehampton website and in information packs;
equality and diversity information is logged within the application form and compiled data is sent to HESA for consideration; student services confidentially contact successful applicants who have a stated disability on their application form, to explore what provisions can be made to support their learning;
the successful completion of the Dance Movement Psychotherapy programmes will make students eligible to apply for registration with ADMP UK, the professional body.