Ep 17: What is Voice Movement Therapy?
After referring to my training in Voice Movement Therapy over several episodes, I thought it was about time it got an episode to itself!
Voice Movement Therapy or VMT is, at its core, an expressive arts therapy that uses the singing voice as its primary tool of expression.
I trained in VMT with its founder Paul Newham in London from 1998-2000. It has informed all of my work since then.
In this episode I discuss:
A brief history of VMT
The two parallel elements that run through it
The physical development of the voice and
The creative and therapeutic development of the self.
Some of the vocal…
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