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Dale English, MS, CAS
Also, whether you are seeking traditional talk psychotherapy, a combination of talk and body centered movement therapy, workshops and retreats, skills groups, a retreat facilitator, retreat or workshop development, a speaker, a performance artist, or a safe place to meet people and dance with abandon, you will probably desire someone whose life has segments that you can identify with. In the past 20 years, I have worked as a psychotherapist and substance abuse counselor in a correctional facility, in a rural mental health clinic, in an Acute Partial Hospital program and now in my own practices in northeastern PA & northwestern NJ. My patients have ranged in age from about 9 to 90. The pain they endure has come from childhood and adult trauma as well as physical, emotional, sexual, societal and institutional abuse that shows itself in depression, anxiety, thought and personality disorders, as well as self-harm and addictive disorders. Whatever the problem, the common phrase from every patient when speaking of their pain is simply, "I just want it to stop!" I am also a member of both MaleSurvivor: the National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization serving as a volunteer clinician on their international retreat team, and SNAP: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. And what about me personally? Simply put, I am a human being on his journey through time. Some of that time has been blessed with moments of love and joy and some with abuse and turmoil. Some with groups of compassionate travelers and some with those called "men of God" who were anything but. Some with a woman and children and some with kindred queer souls. Some as counselor and some as patient. Some in a monastery and some "in the world". Some working for myself and some working for others. Some just wanting it to end and some wishing for a lot more time. Some with debilitating confusion and some with moments of wonder and clarity. Some creative and some frustrated. Some with wonderful teachers and some with controlling preachers. Some with uncontrollable rage and some with naps and teddy bears. Some being what others would have me be, and now some to be who I am, do what I love, and help others achieve the same. Is it any wonder that my favorite outdoor past time is riding roller coasters!
Private Practice: Primary or adjunctive, experiential, expressive, body centered group therapy, psycho-education and workshops known as Rhythmic Journeys, 2004. Per diem Clinical Specialist II, Newton Memorial Hospital Mental Health Center, Acute Partial Care Program, June 2004 to present. Private contractor in psychotherapy at Genesis Counseling Center, Bangor, PA from July 2004 to present. Private contractor in psychotherapy at Change Your
Life Center, Hamburg, NJ from November 2004 to present. Saint Clares Behavioral Health Center, Franklin, NJ, Outpatient Department, 1989 to 2003 having functioned in the roles of outpatient clinician, outpatient and partial care clinical supervisor, agency team leader & agency director. Community Corrections Council, Morristown, NJ,
Director of In-Jail Counseling & Education Services, and creator
of "24/7" re-entry program; 1982 to 1989. American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders, 1990 MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization (NOMSV) 1997 SNAP: Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests,
2004 Bachelor of Arts degree with honors, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, 1972 Master of Science degree in Counseling, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 1985 Certification in the Addictions: American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders 1990; annual re-certification requirement of 20 hours of approved education. Year long mentoring in Individual & Contact Improvisation Movement forms under Donald Weatherby MS, Univ. of Maine, 1992 "Men and their Fathers" with Samuel Osherson PhD, Bangor, PA, February 21-23, 1992 "Men and Intimacy" with James Nelson and Robert Raines, Bangor PA, June 18-21, 1992 "Dance & Healing" with Henry Smith, NY, NY, March 25-27, 1994 Seven month intensive in Authentic Movement under Heidi Ehrenreich MS, ADTR, LMHC, Northampton, MA, 1994 "Emotional Clearing" with author John Ruskan, Greensboro, NC, April 21-23, 1995 "Managing Self-Harm", a 2 day conference with David Calof PhD, Seacaucus, NJ, April 1995 "Delicious Movement" with internationally renowned dancers Eiko and Koma, Bangor PA, January 17-19, 1997 EMDR Training: Level 1. Cambridge, MA, March 5-7, 1999 EMDR Training: Level 2: New York City, NY, April 16-18, 1999 "The Art of Loving", an eight month intensive in gestalt expressive group therapy under Terry Sherriff CADC, Livingston Manor, NY, 1999 "Coming Out Spiritually" with author Christian de la Huerta, Easton Mountain Retreat Center, August 23-25, 2002 Dance & Authentic Movement Therapy and Supervision held monthly for 3 hours with Heidi Ehrenreich MS, ADTR, LMHC, Northampton, MA beginning 12/29/04 "Living Now: Living as if this is your last
year to live." with Susan Hickerson, LPC,NCC,CRC, Asheville, NC,
January 14-16, 2005 Workshop creator/facilitator: Moving Through: an improvisational movement week-end of healing held annually with male survivors of abuse in NC from 1993 to present. Presenter of a six hour interactive workshop: "Creative Movement" at the 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Male Sexual Victimization, at JFK University, Orinda CA, September 18-21, 1997. Facilitator: "Relationship Building through Creative Movement", Kirkridge Retreat Center, March 27-29, 1998. Workshop Co-creator and Co-facilitator/dancer: "Simply Divine: Rites of the Gay Male Spirit", Kirkridge Retreat Center, August 21-23, 1998. Workshop Facilitator/dancer: "Liturgical dance", at the Unitarian Fellowship, Trenton, NJ, January 30-31, 1999. Workshop co-facilitator/dancer: "That All May Be One", International Gay & Lesbian Christian Gathering, Kirkridge Retreat Center, June 10-13, 1999. Presenter/dancer: "I am gay" at the United Church of Canada, Kingston, Ontario commemorating the full inclusion of GLBT community into the fabric of the Church, November 28, 1999. Workshop co-facilitator/dancer: "Living Stones", International Gay Christian Gathering, Kirkridge Retreat Center, January 11-14, 2001. Member of MaleSurvivor International Retreat Team participating in all ten retreats since its inception September 2001 to present responsible for re-introducing survivors to their bodies through movement. Workshop co-facilitator/dancer: "Christian People of the Rainbow", International Gay & Lesbian Christian Gathering, Kirkridge Retreat Center, June 6-9, 2002. Presenter of "Coloring Outside the Lines", movement art depicting survival from clergy sexual abuse, at the 10th International Conference on Male Sexual Victimization in Minneapolis, MN, September 18-21, 2003. Creator/facilitator: Rhythmic Journeys, a private practice focused on body centered, expressive, experiential group therapy, January 2004. One of six interviewed for the videotaping of "Listening to Adult Victims of Abuse"; an educational program promoted by the Roman Catholic Church to address the issue of the sexual victimization of adults by representatives of the Church. The videotaping was done in Dallas, Texas on August 20-21, 2004. Presenter: Compassion Fatigue: Care for the Caregiver:
Continuing Education Program for the Collaborative of NASW and the Boston
College and Simmons College Schools of Social Work, presented at the
Boston VA Hospital, September 27, 2004. Awards: Honored as Professional of the Year by the Sussex County, New Jersey Association for Retarded Citizens for outstanding work with developmentally disabled persons and the agency's counseling staff on June 5th, 1998. In Praise of Excellence Award presented for outstanding service to Behavioral Health patients of Saint Clare's Behavioral Health System, February 5, 1996. References: Howard Fradkin, PhD Mikele Rauch, MA, LMFT Gadi Zohar, MFT |
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Little About Me.Offering Dance Workshop, Training Workshop, Marriage Workshop, Experiential Therapy
Emotional Therapy, Psychological Trauma, Expressing Emotion, Sexual Abuse Survivor, Unhealthy Relationship
Counseling and Psychotherapy, Type of Psychotherapy, Holistic Psychotherapy, Gay and Lesbian Counseling
Psychotherapist, Group Psychotherapy Workshop, Experiential Learning Model, Experiential and Psychotherapy
Pocono Therapist, Compassion Fatigue
