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JCFS Partnership

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ITA has partnered with JCFS since last fall to provide creative arts therapy for the students at the Joy Faith Knapp Children’s Center. Through Dance/Movement and Music Therapies, students are engaging with the arts to learn how to manage their impulses, practice new social skills, and identify new ways to express their emotions.   One teacher […]

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Bringing Dance/Movement Therapy to JCFS’ Therapeutic Day School

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ITA began a community partnership with the Jewish Child and Family Services of Chicago’s Therapeutic Day School in December. Students ranging from kindergarten through the eighth grade will receive group dance/movement therapy with ITA’s, Julie Brannen, MA, R-DMT, GL-CMA, on Mondays through the school year. JCFS operates on the principle that “a therapeutic environment for […]

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Exploring the Mind-Body Connection through Dance/Movement Therapy

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ITA’s Julie Brannen Demonstrates How Dance/Movement Therapy Works Have you ever noticed that when you’re feeling stressed, you feel tension in your body? Your shoulders may ache, your stomach may be tight, maybe you get a tension headache. What we know is that the way we feel mentally and emotionally impacts the way our body […]

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ITA Welcomes New Dance/Movement Therapist Julie Brannen!

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Julie Brannen Joins ITA’s Team as of December 1 ITA is delighted to have dance/movement therapist Julie Brannen, MA, R-DMT, GL-CMA join our team of creative arts therapists. She moved to Chicago in 2011 after receiving a BFA in Dance Performance with a Minor in Leadership from the University of Florida. While at UF, she […]

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