Voice Movement Therapy-USA
Anne Brownell,
MA, LMHC, VMTR (Registered Voice Movement Therapy Practitioner) is Director
of and teaches and supervises on the Foundation Training in Voice Movement Therapy:
The Voice Unchained. After training in the
Expressive Therapies with pioneer dance therapist Norma Canner and noted clinician and author Penny Lewis, Anne's search for the vocal component for a movement oriented therapy led her to be the first American to study and qualify in
VMT in London with founder Paul Newham and then to teach and supervise on the
English and American trainings, since which time she has acted as a consultant in schools for children experiencing developmental and language delays,
established the Foundation Training in Voice Movement Therapy in the United
States, and
continues to explore and perform many different kinds of songs.
Prior experience includes working in Early Intervention programs; supervising graduate students of Dance Therapy on the therapeutic use of the voice;
and conducting music and movement groups with Ms Canner for homeless and substance abused people with AIDS. Anne has
served as a scriptwriter and executive producer for several films on the Expressive Therapies, including A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner and Going to the Source:
A Study of Group Process in the Natural World.
Christine
Isherwood, BA, Dip. Assertiveness Training, Singer/Songwriter, VMTR,
is Co-Director and teacher of the training, runs the second year Qualifying
Program and supervises practitioners. She
has written and performed in political musicals, toured the UK and Europe with theatre
groups and bands, and recorded as a pop singer.
She previously taught on the Voice Movement Therapy trainings in London, UK and
Boston, MA, USA.
Prior to her own training in VMT and her subsequent apprenticeship to
founder Paul Newham, she worked for many
years with homeless people in Central London, after which she became a
counselor, group facilitator, and day centre worker for the mental health
organization MIND. She has for the past
twelve years committed herself to an intensive exploration of VMT and to
training new practitioners while she continues to experiment vocally and to
write. Her current band is
Salt Doll.
Consultants
William
Charles Freeman,
PhD, ADTR (Academy of Dance Therapists Registered) is a movement therapist and
consultant, specializing in work with children and adults with disabilities.
For over twenty five years, he has designed, directed and facilitated
professional development, parent education and direct service programs in
movement therapy and the expressive arts. He maintains a practice with
individuals with and without disabilities and provides consultative services
and teaching for education, mental health and arts agencies. He is the executive producer and writer of the videofilm, You’re Okay Right Where You Are: Expressive Movement in Education.
Melanie Harrold, Singer/Songwriter, VMTR, has been singing, recording
and performing as a solo artist and in bands in Europe, the British Isles and
America for over thirty years. For the last
twelve years, she has been researching her work 'The Singing Body' through training,
teaching and one-to-one sessions from her studio in London.
She has trained as a Body Psychotherapist and a VMT Practitioner, teaches voice and movement to the National Youth
Theatre Summer School and runs large and small singing groups throughout the year.
She also sees
private therapy clients and teaches internationally.
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