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Lecturer, Head of Dance-Movement Therapy Training, Graduate School of Creative Art Therapies Research interests: Neurologic disorders; Creativity, movement and the brain; Emotion, body and movement; Professional development; Body-mind approach and ‘mindfulness.’
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Dita Judith Federman, PhD is an accredited Dance Movement Therapist (DMT), psychotherapist, senior researcher, lecturer and supervisor. She has years of experience working within psychiatric settings as well as with children, adults and geriatric populations. Dr. Federman completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at University of Haifa, and she received her MA in Expressive Arts Therapies from the University of Lesley in Boston, MA, USA. She received her PhD in Human and Life Sciences from the University of Surrey, UK. Dr. Federman established DMT at the Psychiatric unit at Rambam Medical Center, and she was head of a DMT diploma training for 16 years. Since 2008, Dr. Federman has been head of the DMT modality at the Graduate School of Creative Art Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel.
