Petra Klein has been a psychologist MA and psychotherapist (BDP) since 1980. She qualified as a dance therapist in the USA in 1982. She is one of the pioneers of the dance therapy movement in Europe and lives in the Canaries, on the volcanic island of Tenerife, Spain, where she accompanies people along the path that unfolds their personalities. She is the director of the "International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT" on Tenerife. There she conducts vacation seminars, educational training, coaching and individual consultation and inspires people through various dance events. By invitation she also presents her work in other countries.
She lectures at the University of Hamburg, Germany and at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. As founder and director from 1983 to 1994 of the "Institut für Tanztherapie Hamburg ITTH" in Hamburg, Germany, she was actively involved in getting dance therapy established in Germany.
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She is the author of three books on the subject of dance therapy and "Dance of Life", a video and the especially composed music "Dance of Life" which inspires self-expression (see publications). Petra Klein´s work is shown on TV channels and radio stations. She presents her approach at training seminars and medical and psychology congresses and other types of conventions. She is also engaged in contributing to dance festivals and presenting her special choreographies |
Director, International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT - Canary Islands, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
M.A., Clinical Psychology with an emphases on Humanistic, Depth and Transpersonal Psychology
Dance therapist, BDT
Director and founder of the seminar center "Jardín Mariposa"
Psychology Lecturer
Published Author
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Dancer and Choreographer
- Video & DVD: "Dance Therapy - The Path to Holistic Being"
- CD: " Dance of Life"
