MA DMP, Dip Creative Supervision, PGCert PHE, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1, MBT
UKCP HIPC & ADMP-UK Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist, Supervisor & Training Supervisor
Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy)
Dancer
Hello, I am Céline Butté, the founder of Heart of Movement. HoM is the home through which I provide psychotherapy, supervision and CPD events informed by years of somatic movement practice and a deep understanding of trauma.
A qualified dance movement psychotherapist, supervisor, teacher and dancer with over 25 years experience, dance and movement practice are at the core of my work and life and form the ground on which my career stands.
I qualified as a dance movement psychotherapist with the University of Roehampton in 2002 and as a supervisor with the London Centre for Psychodrama in 2012.
My approach is integrative and transpersonal, rooted in somatic principles and psychodynamic theory.
My experience includes working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and learning disabled adults in community and acute NHS settings, with refugees and asylum seekers, parents and young children, and with children from different background.
I currently hold a private practice based in South London and work internationally across various settings, in clinics, studios, outdoors and remotely.
An opportunity to explore in a creative and safe environment. Celine held the space well. As a non-specialist in movement I felt free to work in my own way.
Jean M. Psychodrama Psychotherapist
Publications
Embodied Approaches to Supervision. The Listening Body
Butté, C. and Colbert, T. 2022, (Eds). London: Routledge
The Unveiled Body. A release from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder through Dance Movement Psychotherapy
Butté, C. 2021, in Reeve, S. (Ed). Body and Awareness. Axminster: Triarchy Press
Unkovich, Butté & Butler. eds. 2017. London: Routledge
Butté, C. and Whelan, D. 2018. , in Colbert, T. and Bent, C. (Eds.) Working Across Modalities in the Arts Therapies: Creative Collaborations. London: Routledge
Butté, C. and Hoo, F. 2014. In Chesner, A. and Zografou, L. (Eds) Creative Supervision Across Modalities. London: Jessica Kingsley
Dancing at the edge. Finding home. Reflections on movement practice and personal loss. Butté, 2023. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy. An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice. 18(4), 2023 – Ecopsychotherapy, environmental movement and the imperative of embodied practice with the earth in mind.
Book Review: Schott-Billmann, F. 2014. Primitive Expression and dance therapy: When dancing heals (Explorations in Mental Health). Butté, C. 2016. London & Philadelphia: Routledge
Turning, listening, moving closer, as you speak, when you dance. Arts Therapies for adults with profound and complex needs. Butté. C., G. Unkovich. & D. Whelan. 2012. In P, Lacey (ed) Life is for Living PMLDLink (Spring 2012)
Foundations of Dance Movement Psychotherapy Practice in Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. Butté, C. & Unkovich, G. 2009. e-motion. [online] 14(2) Summer. Available at www.admt.org.uk
Giving Voice to the Body. Butté, C. & Armytage, L. 2007. e-motion 14(22) Winter. Available at www.admt.org.uk
Snapshots into two years of work as a Dance Movement Therapist with Refugees in South London. Butté, C. 2005. e-motion. 14(11) Spring. Available at www.admt.org.uk
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