Who is she ?

Heidrun Panhofer, MA DMT
   
Coordinator of the Master in Dance Movement Therapy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona:
http://magno.uab.es/_r_masterdmt/dmt.htm

Vice President of the European Network for Dance Movement Therapy:
http://www.european-dance-movementtherapy.eu

Co-founder and Ex-President of the Spanish Association for Dance Movement Therapy "Asociación Española de Danza Movimiento Terapia" - ADMTE, Barcelona:
www.danzamovimientoterapia.com

Editor of the first spanish speaking book about DMT: "El Cuerpo en Psicoterapia. Teoría y práctica de la Danza Movimiento Terapia" de Gedisa editorial, Barcelona, 2005.
PhD research student at Hertfordshire University, England.                   
Master of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy "Laban Centre for Movement and Dance", London University).
Diploma in Dance (St. Stiofain College, Cork, Ireland).
Special needs teacher (Pädagogische Akademie, Graz, Austria).
 
Activities 1999 – today:
Lecturer in the introductory courses of dance movement therapy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.  
Dance Movement Psychotherapist in private practice, Barcelona (Sagrada Familia): treatment of children, adolescents and adults.
Member of the International Advisory Panel of "Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy," International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice, Routledge.
Member of the organizing committee of the First International Congress for Creative Arts Therapies in Barcelona, November 2007.
Head of the organizing committee of the First Luso-Hispanian Symposium of DMT in Barcelona, July 2005.
Dance Movement Psychotherapist in Metáfora, Centre d’estudis d’art teràpia; treatment of children, adolescents and adults.
Lecturer in master programme of art therapy at the Universidad de Barcelona : "Introduction to movement observation and analysis." 
Lecturer at the First Nacional Symposium “Las Aportaciones de las Terapias Creativas en el ámbito educativo” at the University of Salamanca.
Lecturer of the course “La danza y la expresión corporal para niños problemáticos: Aspectos pedagógicos y terapéuticos” at the INFEC of Lleida. Lecturer in the postgraduate programme for music therapy at the University of Barcelona. Lecturer for the Psychoanalytic Association “Associació Catalana de Psicoterapia Psicoanalítica – ACPP” in Barcelona: “Broken attachments and its implications for dance movement therapy." 
Lecturer at the introductory courses of Metáfora, Art Therapy Centre. 
Lecturer at the introductory course of the Instituto de Músico, Arte y Proceso AGRUPARTE en Vitoria-Gasteiz. 
Lecturer at the introductory course of the “Associaciao Portuguesa para a Dança Movimento Terapia” en la clínica psiquiátrica Miguel Bombarda, Lisboa.
Lecturer at the course “Danza terapia: movimiento en paisajes exteriores e interiores” at the<summer school “Escola d’Expressió i Psicomotricitat” in Barcelona.
Lecturer at the course “Expresión corporal y danza para personas de la tercera edad: aspectos terapéuticos y pedagógicos” at the University Rovira i Vigili of Tarragona. 

Previous activities:
Lecturer at the University of Dortmund, Germany: Seminars "Dance, movement and sports in psychiatry" at the Westfälische Klinik für Psychatrie, Dortmund Aplerbeck and "Creativity and expression in dance."
Dance Movement Psychotherapist at the University Clinic in Dortmund, Germany (treatment of emotionally challenging children and their parents).
Dance Movement Psychotherapist at "Cambridge House", school for emotionally challenging children in London, England.
Dance Movement Psychotherapist at "Shenstone School" for severely disabled children and adolescents in Crayford, England.
Dance Movement Psychotherapist at "Daleham House", an adult outpatient psychiatric unit of the "Bethlam Royal Free" Hospital in London, England.
Dance Movement Psychotherapist in "Acorn Lodge", Children’s Ward, Maudsley Psychiatric Hospital in London, England.
Special Educational Needs Support Teacher at Barking Abbey Comprehensive School, Barking, Essex, England.
Dance and Movement Teacher at five International summer camps for orphans of the SOS Children Village, Caldonazzo, Italia.
Full-time volunteer in a project for long-term elderly homeless men in the Simon Community, Cork, Ireland.
Volunteer worker in five peace projects in Northern Ireland and France (Pax Christi, Corrymeela Community).
Volunteer worker in a project for orphaned and disabled children of the Caritas in Zagreb, Croatia.