Berlin Gesture Center
Introductory and Advanced Workshops on the Movement Psychodiagnostic
Inventory©
Introductory Workshop: May 16 - 18, 2007, Berlin
Advanced Workshop: May 18 - 20, 2007, Berlin
The Movement Psychodiagnostic Inventory (MPI) is an observation tool for identifying
body movement patterns associated with schizophrenia spectrum and personality
disorders, and other forms of mental disease. Previous studies have demonstrated
its efficacy for differential diagnosis in patients with schizophrenia and personality
disorders (Cruz, 1995; Berger 1999) and for monitoring within-session and within-therapy
changes of movement behaviour (Davis, 1970; Lausberg, 1995). It can be applied
to observing individuals in psychosomatic and psychiatric interviews or during
dance/movement therapy sessions. This workshop, conducted by the originator
(Davis) and developers of the MPI, is designed for researchers and clinicians
interested in acquiring skills in observing diverse forms of movement disorder
related to psychopathology. Open to researchers, clinicians and graduate students
in mental health professions.
Each Workshop will last 2 1/2 days. They are sequential so that those taking
the Introductory can continue on to the Advanced Workshop.
The Introductory Workshop will give a general introduction to the use of MPI
for movement analysis in research and therapy:
1. Development of the MPI and its relation to other forms of motor disorder
assessments.
2. Distinguishing more serious forms of disordered movement behaviour from less
serious forms of constriction, disfluency, etc.; the relation of MPI ratings
to drug effects and to body schema.
3. Training in the short form version of the MPI for clinical use.
The Advanced Workshop will focus on applications of the MPI to therapy and
to the research projects of the participants. It is limited to those who have
completed the Introductory Workshop.
Material to be addressed includes:
1. The use of the MPI for differential diagnosis and therapy outcome assessment.
2. Advanced training in the short form of the MPI and coding of the primary
categories from videotapes of therapy sessions.
3. Special issues in the movement assessment of children.
4. Deriving movement interventions for therapy from the MPI.
5. Supervision on the use of the MPI in one’s own research project.
Date & Time Schedules:
Introductory Workshop: Wednesday & Thursday, May 16 & 17: 9 a.m.
– 5 p.m. Friday, May 18: 9 a.m.-12 noon
Advanced Workshop: Friday, May 18: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday &
Sunday, May 19 & 20: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Museum
für Kommunikation, Leipziger Str. 16, 10117 Berlin, close to U-Bahn-Station
"Mohrenstrasse" or "Stadtmitte"
Workshop fee: 350 € ; both workshops: 500 €
Registration deadline: March 31, 2007
Contact & registration:
By e-mail: hedda.lausberg@charite.de
By mail: PD Dr. Hedda Lausberg
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum
Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307 Dresden
Payment:
H. Lausberg – Berlin Gesture Center
Postbank Nürnberg
BLZ: 76010085
Kontonummer: 887496852
IBAN:DE46760100850887496852
BIC: PBNKDEFF
Faculty
Martha Davis, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with over 40 years experience
in the study of nonverbal communication. She began development of the MPI in
the 1960s. Her major research interests include movement characteristics of
schizophrenic patients, patient/therapist interactions in psychotherapy and
behavioral cues to deception in forensic interviews. Author of several books
and numerous articles on nonverbal communication, she is currently Visiting
Scholar, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
Hedda Lausberg, Priv.-Doz., Dr. med.,
dance therapist (BVT), specialist in neurology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy,
psychiatry, co-founder of the Berlin Gesture Center. Her research focuses on
the development of movement analysis tools for clinical and research purposes
and on the relation between movement behaviour and mental illness. As a neuroscientist,
her recent studies examined the neuropsychology of movement behaviour, specifically
the relation between movement and cognitive and emotional processes in the cerebral
hemispheres.
Robyn Flaum Cruz, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the dance
therapy specialization at Lesley University Division of Expressive Therapies.
Currently, she serves as President, American Dance Therapy Association and Editor-in-Chief
of The Arts in Psychotherapy. She is contributor and co-editor of Dance/Movement
Therapists in Action: A Working Guide to Research Options (Charles C. Thomas
Publishers). A research methodologist, she has taught internationally and her
work is represented in numerous juried journals spanning the areas of dance
therapy, psychiatry and neurology, communications disorders and psychology.
Miriam Roskin Berger, Doctor of Arts, ADTR, LCAT, teaches dance therapy at New
York University, and was Director of the Dance Education Program there from
1993-2002. She has taught in Israel, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, Korea,
Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries, and received the Marian Chace
Award for fostering international recognition of dance therapy. She is a past
President, American Dance Therapy Association; and past Chair, of the National
Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations. She was Director of the Creative
Arts Therapies Department at Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York City for 20
years. Her doctoral research was on movement patterns in borderline and narcissistic
personality disorders using the MPI.
Dianne Dulicai, Ph.D., ADTR, developed and directed the Dance/Movement Therapy
division of the Hahnemann Creative Arts Department at Drexel University and
at the Laban Centre, Goldsmiths’ College of London. She served two terms
as president of the American Dance Therapy Association, four terms as Chair
of the National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations and presently chairs
the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapy Associations. Dr. Dulicai’s
special interest in movement work with children and families led to the development
of Nonverbal Family Assessment Instrument. She also developed an assessment
instrument for special needs children in collaboration with Dr. William Freeman.
She has published extensively and teaches internationally.