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Jun 21

Written By casey altman

At Dancing Dialogue, Dr. Tortora and all members of our team regularly lecture and present on our work at institutions and conferences around the world. Check out our upcoming lecture schedule to come see us in person or online!

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Psycho-Oncology Journal | Book Talk: Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness: Treating Somatic and Psychic Distress (In-Person)

Rutgers University Medical School | The psyche-soma connection: Helping babies with medical illness and their families tell their story through their nonverbal “bodily-felt” experience (New Jersey)

The World Association for Infant Mental Health| Master Class: The Dancing Dialogue: How our bodies tell the story! (Virtual Lecture)

The World Association for Infant Mental Health| The Psyche-Soma Connection: Helping Medically Ill Babies Tell Their Story (Brisbane, Australia)

Therapeutic Art of Movement Institute | Families in Motion: Understanding the role of embodied experience in the early caregiver- infant relationship during the time of COVID-19 (Virtual Lecture)

Families in Motion: Dance/ Movement Therapy with Babies, Young Children and Their Families (Tokyo, Japan)

Thinking (and Moving) Outside the Box |Combining Psychoanalytic Therapy and Dance/Movement Therapy (New York, NY)

Healing Unexplainable Pain: Translating developmental neuroscience into multimodal treatments for chronic pain (New York, NY)

American Dance Therapy Association 49th Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)

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Many children need extra practice learning how to connect, cooperate, and communicate with others.

It’s not something that just “clicks” with age.

Our LEGO®-Based Therapy Groups use structured play to help kids strengthen soc

Celebrating Carolina for completing the Ways of Seeing International Training Program! 💜

It’s such a joy to honor this milestone — two years of study, practice, and deep exploration into how movement, attachment, and emotional developme

Frustration is one of the most valuable moments for learning.

When a child can pause, regroup, and try again with support, they’re strengthening emotional flexibility, confidence, and trust in their own ability to stay connected even when thin

Children build social understanding the same way they build physical coordination — through experience, practice, and gentle correction.

A group setting offers that practice in a way home or school can’t always provide.

With structure

I’m so delighted to be presenting Charlotte Dubuis with her Ways of Seeing certificate at the 2025 European Dance/Movement Therapy Association Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania!

Congratulations, Charlotte 💜

For those who may not be familiar,

Children are still learning how to make sense of their inner world. Until they have the words, they use their bodies.

What looks disruptive on the outside is often a signal of confusion, overwhelm, or a need they can’t yet explain.

At Dancin

Handing out Ways of Seeing certificates is one of my favorite moments — it’s where all the training, study, and heart come together.

For those who are new here, Ways of Seeing is the method I developed that uses movement, art, music, pla

Most parents already watch their children closely, but knowing what to look for is what turns everyday observation into points of connection.

The challenge for many parents is that these cues can be small, fast, and easy to miss, especially when lif

You don’t need to wait for a baby to talk in order to connect with them. In fact, some of the most important communication happens before their first word ever forms.

One of the core things I support caregivers and professionals in learning is

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The staff of Dancing Dialogue is dedicated to promoting an environment of respect and appreciation for race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, physical/mental ability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, and socioeconomic status of all persons. We are committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere of openness, trust, and safety where all attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviors can be freely explored and discussed. We fully embrace providing high-quality and multiculturally sensitive services that affirm the dignity, worth, and value of all individuals.

The offices of Dancing Dialogue LCAT LMHC PLLC are located on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Lenape and Wappingers People, who have stewarded these lands for generations.

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