Dance Movement Psychotherapy
University of DerbyDerby (Kedleston Road), United Kingdom
Course overview
• Build your experience of clinical dance movement psychotherapy and use your creativity to promote self-expression. • Develop the skills and knowledge to enable you to apply for registration as a dance movement psychotherapist. • Study a course accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK) which can allow an opportunity for routes to UKCP to be explored during and after graduation • Learn the latest theory and practice from experienced and enthusiastic staff • Psyche-Soma: The Body Mind Relationship (20 credits) • Movement Observation and Analysis: Studio (20 credits)
Key highlights
- Accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK)
- Prepares you to apply for registration as a dance movement psychotherapist
- Possible routes towards UKCP explored during and after graduation
- Builds clinical dance movement psychotherapy experience using creative self-expression
- Modules include Psyche-Soma: The Body Mind Relationship
- Studio-based Movement Observation and Analysis module
Entry requirements
- Additional condition: dbs_check — A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required at the point of accepting a place at the University.
- Additional condition: portfolio — …our September 2026 intake, however this cannot be guaranteed Your portfolio Following application submission, applicants will be asked to submit an online portfolio.
- Additional condition: interview — The portfolio element of your application must be submitted in order for you to be shortlisted for interview.
Scholarships
10% Alumni Discount
All other alumni will receive a 10% discount.
Up to 10% of fees25% Alumni Discount
The 25% alumni discount is available if you graduated in the academic years 2023/24 or 2024/25 and are fully enrolled on a postgraduate programme by July 2026.
Biomedical Science Excellence Scholarship
Two awards of £1,000 are available, and will be awarded as a tuition fee reduction in the second semester. Each recipient will also be allocated up to £500 to use to attend a conference.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Dance movement psychotherapist
- Arts psychotherapist
- Creative therapies practitioner
- Mental health therapist
- Psychotherapist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £14,490 for the full course | International: £20,520 for the full course
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Derby, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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