Welcome to Kinections℠!
Danielle Fraenkel: Giving the Dance and Creating a Practice
Story by Joan S. Ingalls, New York State Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association
Kinections in the news! (PDF)
Story by Maggie Ramsay, Messenger Post Staff
Democrat and Chronicle Guest Essay (PDF)
Oct 24, 2001 by Danielle Fraenkel
Kinections provides clinical and educational services in dance/movement therapy and counseling. Dr. Danielle L. Fraenkel founded Kinections in 1984 to bring dance/movement therapy to people struggling with eating disorders, depression, creative blocks, relationship problems and negative responses to stress. Currently, she also provides LivingDance~LivingMusic™ programs—dance/movement therapy for all. No dance training, skill, or physical requirements. LivingDance~LivingMusic frees you to address specific concerns or to focus on personal growth and self-acutalization.
Call Kinections at 585-473-5050!
Clinical Services
Clinical services include dance/movement therapy, LivingDance~LivingMusic, and counseling, for individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Educational Opportunities
Wow!!! What a wonderful experience it was taking your DMT 1 class. It was so enlightening. Thank you again for being so understanding. I can't wait to take more classes at Kinections.
M.L., Kinections Student
Continuing and Alternate Route Education
Courses and workshops in
- Dance/Movement Therapy
- Counseling
- LivingDance~LivingMusic™
Kinections offers both the "alternate route" courses required for credentialing in dance/movement therapy and advanced level courses in dance/movement therapy for practicing dance/movement therapists. Courses are taught in accordance with the guidelines of the American Dance Therapy Association.
The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) recognizes Kinections as a provider of continuing education for National Certified Counselors (#5767) that adheres to NBCC's continuing education guidelines.
Kinections offers LivingDance~LivingMusic programs and a certificate series that qualifies clinicians to use the LivingDance™ approach to personal growth in their work.
LivingDance~LivingMusic in Corfu, Greece
LivingDance~LivingMusic 2007 in Corfu was a huge success! We will be running the workshop in June or July 2010. Let us know if you would like to join us!
Coming up on the Kinections Calendar
At Kinections in Imagine Square, Rochester, NY
LivingDance~LivingMusic — third week of every month from October–June
LivingDance~LivingMusic: The Fundamentals (Fridays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm)
LivingDance~LivingMusic: In Depth (Saturdays 10:00am - 5:00 pm)
Coming up in Summer 2008
DMT Theory and Practice I: Foundations and Principles of Dance/Movement Therapy
June 23-26
Danielle L. Fraenkel, Ph.D., ADTR, NCC, LCAT, LMHC, CGP
Reichian Therapy and Dance/Movement Therapy As Complementary Treatment Forms
June 27 & June 28
Johanna Climenko, LCSW, ADTR, LCAT
In Rochester —
Baby and You! Interactive Healing
Lasting Changes through Massage and Dance
FREE Information Sessions
- Work with and build on baby's non-verbal communication
- Cultivate confidence and competence in caring for baby
- Promote the natural feeling of nurturing (through rhythms of attachment and stimulation of the hormone oxytocin)
- And there is so much more
- Kinections is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors (#5767). We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines.
- Kinections' alternate route courses for credentialing in dance/movement therapy are taught in accordance with the guidelines of the American Dance Therapy Association.