Christine Caldwell
PhD, ADTR, LPC, NCC, ACS
is the Founder and Chair of the Somatic Psychology Department at Naropa University. Her work began twenty years ago with dance therapy, Aston-Patterning and Gestalt, and has evolved over the years into a form of body-centered psychotherapy that she calls the Moving Cycle. This work emphasizes the pre- and perinatal time, the transformational effect of movement processes, the practice of dying, the opportunities in addiction, and a trust in personal essence. She has taught at several universities, and teaches and lectures internationally.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Body-Centered Psychotherapist - private practice, specializing in addictions, pre and perinatal psychology and meditation. Practice using the Moving Cycle, a psychotherapy form developed by Caldwell. October 1976 to present.
Founder & Chairperson - Somatic Psychology Department, Naropa University, Boulder, CO. Teach, administrate, supervise both students and faculty of a master's level department. Curriculum design, accreditation self-studies, academic council committees, summer institute intensives, clinical coordinator. Fall 1982 to 1993, and 2000 to present.
Director - The Moving Cycle Institute, a center for body-centered psychotherapy (BCP) and BCP trainings. Main trainer in two week Phase I, II and III credentialing in BCP. Trainings in Boulder, California, Montreal, Korea, Minnesota, Germany and Omega Institute. Summer 1986 to present.
Presenter and Lecturer - Subject areas include play behavior, addictions recovery, therapist training and self-care, birth and death issues, body centered psychotherapy, creativity, touch, and movement therapy. Association for Transpersonal Psychology; American Dance Therapy Association; Alamosa Social Services; Colorado Association for Play Therapy; Colorado Child Welfare Agency; Moving Arts Institute in Cologne, Germany; Turning Point in Dublin, Ireland; and others. Fall 1982 to present.
Adjunct Faculty - Teaching movement therapy, anatomy and kinesiology, neuroscience, movement education, and somatic psychology. Appointments with the Univ. of Maryland, George Washington Univ., Rocky Mt. Healing Arts Institute, Colorado Institute of Transpersonal Psych, Omega Institute, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, Concordia University, Seoul Women's University, and Naropa University. Fall 1977 to present.
EDUCATION
2002 - Course work leading to certification as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with the NBCC
2001 - Course work in Play Therapy (150 hours), Family Therapy and Play Therapy Institute, Denver, CO
1993 - PhD, Union Graduate School, in Somatic Psychology
1992 - 150 hours course work towards Certified Addictions Counselor status, Addictions Recovery Center
1991 - Course work in Play Behavior, Colorado State University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Professional Member, Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Professional Member, Humanistic Psychology Association
Professional Member, American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)
Professional Member, United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP)
Professional Member, American Counseling Association (ACA)
Professional Member, National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Professional Member, Association for Play Therapy, 1998 to 2004
Member, Steering Committee, USABP, 1997 to 1998
Member, Journal Committee, USABP, 1998 to 2000
Chair, Graduate Psychology Committee, Naropa University, 2002 to present
Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, Naropa University, 2002 to present
KEYNOTES AND SPEECHES
2004 - “Nurturing Joy: Creative Expressions of Adult Play,” Colorado Early Childhood
Professional Coalition & Colorado Early Childhood Professional Credential Office, Community College of Denver, Keynote speech, Denver, CO.
“The Power of Stillness, the Glory of Movement,” Opening Address, ADTA Conference, Denver, CO.
2001 - Convocation Speaker, Naropa University, Fall.
1997 - Keynote Speaker, Creative Arts Therapy Conference, "Building Bridges Into the 21st Century," Denver, CO
TEACHING COMPETENCE AND EXPERIENCE
Primary Competence: Somatic counseling skills; theoretical and clinical bases of somatic psychology; geropsychology; prenatal and perinatal psychology; addictions theory and treatment; play therapy; dance/movement therapy; touch; therapist training & self care.
Secondary Competence: various psychology courses; play behavior, Darwinism and evolution, grief counseling, anatomy
Course Taught at University of Maryland
Dance Therapy
Course Taught at Seoul Women's University
The Moving Cycle, with applications to prenatal and perinatal psychology and addictions
Course Taught at George Washington University
Dance Therapy
Courses Taught at Boulder School of Massage Therapy
Anatomy
Kinesiology
Courses Taught at Naropa University
Dance Therapy
Somatic Counseling Skills I & II
Theories of Somatic Psychology
Birth, Death and Transitions
Taming the Victim Dragon
Dying to be Born
PUBLICATIONS
2004 - “Caring for the Caregiver,“ Psychotherapy Networker, July/August
2003 - “Adult Group Play Therapy.” In Play Therapy with Adults , ed. Charles Schaefer, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ
2002 - "The Moving Cycle: A Model for Healing" and "The Biology of Our Psychology," chapters in Integrative Holistic Health, Healing, and Transformation , ed. Penny Lewis.
2001 - "Addiction as Somatic Dissociation," in Flesh of the Soul , ed. Michael Heller, Peter Lange, Bern, Switzerland.
2001 - "Integrating Sensory Integration into Play Therapy," Colorado Association for Play Therapy News, vol 6, number 3, July
2000 - "And the Waves Play Through It" Lomi Institute Newsletter.
1999 - "Mind, Body, and Soul Food: Nourishing the Creative Life," Association for Humanistic Psychology Perspectives Magazine, October/November.
1999 - "Dying To Be Born and Being Born to Die: Cell Death as a Defining Pattern in Human Development and Death," Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology, vol. 13, Number 3-4, Spring and Summer.
1999 - "Darwin's Body: A Biologist's Contribution to the Field of Somatic Psychology," Somatics Magazine, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring/Summer.
1998 - Spring. "We Are the Body, We Are the Earth," Perspectives Magazine, Association for Humanistic Psychology.
1997 - (editor) Getting In Touch: Guidelines For Somatic Psychotherapies , Quest Books.
1996 - Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing and Transformation in Body-Centered Psychotherapy , Shambhala Pub.
1996 - Spring/Summer, "Reembodying Our Concepts," Association for Transpersonal Psychology Newsletter.
In Press
2004 - “The Moving Cycle,” and “The Psychobiology of Movement,” in Theories of Body Psychotherapy , eds. H. Weiss and G Marlock, Gottingen: Hogrefe Verlag.
Editorial Positions
1998 to present - Reviewer, International Journal of Body Psychotherapy
1998 to 1999 - Editor, USABP Newsletter, "The Therapeutic Standard"
