CMER
DMT PROGRAM FACULTY MEMBER
Forest Franken BC-DMT,
MA, MFA
is a CMER DMT faculty member in northern California. Forest received both her M.A. in dance/movement therapy (1995) and her M.F.A. in choreography (2003) from UCLA. Her work as a dance/movement therapist spans thirteen years in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, intensive outpatient programs, and rehabilitation facilities with adolescents, adults, and seniors.
She moved to the bay area in 1998 to study the discipline of Authentic Movement with Janet Adler whom she mentored with for nine years. From 2001-2008, she worked at UCSF/Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics where, as inpatient supervisor to chaplain interns, she explored the integration of spirituality, dance/movement therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy, and as facilitator of pain management groups, focused on the applications of dance/movement therapy and Authentic Movement principles with individuals navigating the challenges of living with chronic pain.
Her current focus involves the teaching of Authentic Movement with attention to the discipline as a vehicle for creative work and for containing and expressing life changes/losses related to the body.
