Pennsylvania Chapter
American Dance Therapy Association
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the
American Dance Therapy Association
Upcoming Events
September 26
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the
American Dance Therapy Association
presents
A Dance/Movement Therapy Treatment Approach for Anxiety
Anxiety is often experienced as a disruption in a relationship with the body. Individuals feel disconnected from their sensations, distrust their internal experiences, or become preoccupied with monitoring and managing physical symptoms.
Body as Home is a dance/movement therapy framework for conceptualizing and treating anxiety through embodiment. Working through the metaphor of an ideal home, clients cultivate a relationship with their body that is rooted, comfortable, secure, private, intimate, owned, controlled and socially enjoyable. In this experiential workshop, clinicians will learn to identify movement, postural, physiological, and relational patterns associated with anxiety, explore the qualities of an ideal home through movement and apply the framework with their clients experiencing with anxiety.
Lindsay Edwards, LPC, BC-DMT, PMH-C (she/her) specializes in perinatal mental health, OCD, anxiety, attachment trauma, relational conflict and couples therapy. She is the founder of
Arts in Counseling, an outpatient therapy and arts-in-health practice in Hatsboro, PA.
1:30-3:30 pm
Align Barre and Fitness, Glenside, PA
2 CEUs for ADTA & PA LPCs
$40 general | $30 members | $20 students
November 5–8, 2026
The American Dance Therapy Association’s
61st Annual Conference
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As dance/movement therapy enters new horizons, we gather at the edge of shifting tides to explore how embodied wisdom meets emerging technologies, evolving clinical practice, creativity, research, and human connection. ADTA61 invites attendees to engage in bold conversations about the future of the field while remaining grounded in the movement, relationships, and shared care that define our work.
From the intimacy of virtual therapy to the expansiveness of shared movement spaces, this conference will explore the many currents shaping dance/movement therapy today. Participants will consider the role of AI and technology in therapeutic practice, emerging research, innovative clinical approaches, and the possibilities that arise when ancestral rhythms meet contemporary tools.
Together, we will chart new constellations of care—cultivating resilience, imagination, ethical reflection, and meaningful collaboration as we move toward an expansive future for dance/movement therapy.