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Teaching interests

  • Dance Movement Psychotherapy
  • Arts, Health & Wellbeing
  • Embodied Self-Care (The Body Hotel)
  • Embodied Decision Making
  • Violence prevention through Movement
  • Physical Theatre
  • Dance Education
  • Choreography / Performance
  • Interdisciplinary Practice
  • Work with LGBT+ Community
  • International Professional Development
  • Workshop Facilitation & Curriculum Development

Research interests

Dr Thania Acarón (she/her) is a lecturer, performer, choreographer and dance movement therapist from Puerto Rico, currently based in Wales. She obtained her PhD on the role of dance in violence prevention at the University of Aberdeen (2015). Dr Acarón holds a master’s degree in Dance Education from New York University (2003) with Alternate Route Certification in Dance Movement Therapy since 2004 and advanced certifications in clinical supervision and private practice in the UK (R-DMP) and US (BC-DMT). Thania currently works as lecturer and course leader in arts, health & wellbeing and performance at the Faculty of Creative Industries at University of South Wales. Acarón has taught in over 10 DMT training programmes around the world.

 

Acarón holds a strong research focus on diversity in therapeutic practice and offers international workshops on therapeutic work with the LGBTQ+ community, embodied decision-making, violence prevention and dance movement psychotherapy (DMP). To further consolidate this work, in 2020 she founded The Body Hotel CIC, (@thebodyhotel )a dance movement psychotherapy social enterprise which provides training, professional development programmes & dance movement psychotherapy services to the health, wellbeing, education & arts sectors and underrepresented communities.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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