Dr. Suzi Tortora on Medical Dance Therapy with Infants and Embodiment as an Integrating Capacity
From The Return to Embodiment: consciousness, culture, creativity and flourishing by Kim Rothwell
January 21, 2026 · 53 min · Season 8 · Episode 1
About this episode
Dr. Suzi Tortora discusses medical dance therapy for infants and the concept of embodiment as an integrating capacity.
In this conversation, I am speaking with Dr. Suzi Tortora, Ed.D, BC-DMT LCAT LMHC CMA, NCC who is a dance/ movement psychotherapist, mental health counselor, author and educator. Dr. Tortora is a world-renowned specialist in the field of infant mental health, and has written two books, including Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness and The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children. She regularly trains, teaches and presents her work, including her two year advanced training program, Ways of Seeing method, all over the world. For more information, please visit her website: https://www.dancingdialogue.com/ https://www.dancingdialogue.com/ways-of-seeing-international-training
People in this episode
Host: Kim Rothwell
Guest: Dr. Suzi Tortora
Topics covered
- medical dance therapy
- infant mental health
- embodiment
- movement psychotherapy
- creative expression
Keywords
- dance therapy
- infants
- mental health
- embodiment
- movement
- psychotherapy
- creative expression
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness, The Dancing Dialogue, Ways of Seeing, dancingdialogue.com
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