“Living fully means being completely present in every rhythm and movement. Dance is a language of expression, communication, and connection - a basic human need.”
THERAPY SERVICE
FOR INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS
Dance/Movement Therapy tailored to individual needs, available for individuals, couples, and groups.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS
VDMT offers mental health and well-being programs through the creative arts, thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of each organization.
COURSES
2026Following the success of three BODY WISDOM courses since 2025, VDMT returns with a specialized edition designed for professionals, leaders, and managers — people who work closely with others, carry significant responsibilities, and regularly navigate high-paced environments, pressure, and stress.
Designed by Dr. Vu Phi Yen and Dance/Movement Therapist Bui Tuyet Minh, the program integrates Dance/Movement Therapy with Medicine and Neuroscience, helping participants reconnect deeply with their bodies and organic movement to nurture inner strength, resilience, and a more attuned intuition in both work and life.
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Preventing Burnout & Secondary Trauma: Optimize recovery and learn to listen to and recognize early warning signals from the body before they develop into prolonged overwhelm — and respond effectively.
Enhancing Intuition: Recognize meaningful signals from intuitive intelligence, improve the accuracy of important decisions, and protect yourself more effectively.
Understanding & Supporting Others with Awareness: Build high-quality, trustworthy connections without falling into attachment, dependency, or patterns that may create lasting consequences — for yourself or others.
Self-Regulation & Recovery: Develop practical self-care skills that can be sustained and applied long after the course.
Expanding Interdisciplinary Capacity: Integrate body intelligence, movement, psychology, and neuroscience into your professional practice, creating a distinctive and highly complementary skill set.
2026The Expressive Arts Therapy Introduction course is a pioneering training program in Vietnam, specially designed to provide professionals with foundational clinical knowledge and essential practical tools in Expressive Arts Therapy.
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Through the Course, Participants Will Gain:
Pioneering & Professional Expertise: The first program of its kind in Vietnam, bringing together international faculty and leading experts in Expressive Arts Therapy.
Nurturing Creativity & Inner Strength: Explore yourself, cultivate creativity and freedom of expression, while developing knowledge and self-care skills to help prevent burnout through multidimensional artistic experiences — from embodied movement and visual arts to drama.
Enhancing Professional Competence: Gain practical tools to approach the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — through the arts, enabling you to better understand and effectively support your clients or learners.
Certificate of Completion: A certificate issued by PIB – German Psychotherapeutisches Institut Bergerhausen, Germany, and VDMT will be awarded upon completion of 100% of the course requirements and assignments.
2026The course offers an in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles of movement and the teaching skills of Mettler-based Creative Dance.
Dance and movement material is explored, created, and improvised from the real-life issues and current concerns that matter to each participant, as well as shared themes emerging within the group.
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Duration: Wednesday & Sunday | 02/12/2026 - 13/01/20276
Location: Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City.
Register: here
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Through the Course, Participants Will Gain:
32 hours of hands-on practice: 10 in-class sessions (25 hours), project-based practice (5 hours), and 1 extracurricular session (2 hours).
A certificate issued by Mettler Studio, USA.
An opportunity to collaborate with the Mở Project upon completing all assignments and the Creative Dance project.
An opportunity to receive a scholarship to study in the United States and participate in an in-person Mettler-based Creative Dance course.
Opportunities to participate in Creative Dance workshops with the International Association for Creative Dance (IACD).
2026"Mở | Dance for Development" was developed to address the practical mental health needs of young people in Vietnam through a hands-on, contemporary, easily accessible model that expands community reach.
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Duration: 8 consecutive weeks, weekly sessions lasting 2 hours/session.
Location: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Register: here
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Explore new relationships with the body, emotions, and relationships
Experience creative movement as a means of expression, honest communication, and true connection
Develop the ability to listen to, observe, and understand the body
Nurture sensitivity in the interplay between inner light and outer light
2026In this course, we practice deep listening to the body as a starting point for exploring movement-based connection (Contact Improvisation), not merely as a practice technique, but as a space for authentic listening, dialogue, and healing. Through this, the course also introduces the fundamentals of applying Touch and Movement in Dance/Movement Therapy, helping participants understand more deeply how to build safe boundaries, cultivate trust, and develop other essential professional skills, deepening the relationships within their own work.
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Duration: 4 consecutive days, 5.5 hours/day.
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Connect Body – Mind – Spirit: deepen the relationship between the body and emotions in dance/movement therapy.
Communicate through non-verbal language: touch as a bridge to healthier boundaries.
The Art of Touch: developing safe boundaries, confidence in guiding others.
A broader perspective: essential techniques such as "establishing safe boundaries" and "building healthy relationships," raising self-awareness.
2026The body is not just where we reside - it is also a living compass, holding memories, culture, and identity yet to be named.
At the heart of this course is the idea that "the body is like a compass": guiding movement and self-perception on life's journey, helping us find our own bearings — not just following external cues, but learning to listen inward, define direction, and navigate the path of self-discovery with genuine confidence.
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Duration: 3 consecutive days, 2.5 hours/day.
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Grasp the foundational core practices and theoretical approach of Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT), and gain a global perspective on the field
Experience movement using body-based approaches
Explore key concepts of how the body holds and expresses experience within a cultural context
Practice deep body-listening as a tool for regulating emotion, cultivating inner strength
2026A 6-hour online course for anyone interested in mental health and curious about how movement can become "medicine for life" - supporting nervous system regulation, calming the mind, and building resilience for recovery. This course combines science, mindfulness, and creative practice, giving you a solid foundation of dance/movement therapy techniques to apply safely, gently, and with a sense of professional ethics.
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Duration: 3 sessions × 2 hours/session.
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Understand the fundamentals of Dance/Movement Therapy and how to apply movement in self-care
Recognize emotions and the body's inner rhythm to attune with your body
Apply simple, everyday movement practices to safely regulate emotion, clearly express and understand yourself
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