Overview

By taking the Dance Movement Psychotherapy course from University of Derby you build your experience of clinical dance movement psychotherapy and use your creativity to promote self-expression.

Key facts

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

Careers

You will become a fully registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist with the Association of Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP UK). This requires completion of the expected training hours and fulfilling all the hours of personal therapy.
You can develop practice in health, education and in the community and later supervise, lecture and research in the field of Dance Movement Psychotherapy.
You will gain an MA, which will enable you to become familiar with critical reflection and research ideas.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psyche-Soma: The Body Mind Relationship

Movement Observation and Analysis: Studio

Clinical Placement and Supervision

Experiential Group Skills

Dance Movement Psychotherapy: Research, Theory and Skills

Clinical Supervision and Advanced Practice

Arts Therapies Independent Scholarship: A Body of Work

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Derby, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology Dance View 665 other Masters in Psychology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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76

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IELTS

7

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General requirements

You'll need a relevant undergraduate degree and at least two years’ experience of dance and movement and have worked with a vulnerable population(s) for 200 hours.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required at the point of accepting a place at the University. The Disclosure and Barring Service was established when the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding
Authority (ISA) merged in 2012 and will now provide the criminal records checking service for this programme.

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Tuition Fees

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10260 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

7245 GBP / year

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Living costs

Derby

United Kingdom

540 - 852 GBP / month

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Funding

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