{"id":2,"date":"2010-10-14T10:56:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T00:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:45:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sandra"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Sandra Kay Lauffenburger<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> M.Sc. B.Ed. B.Soc.Sci.(Hons Psych) Grad Dip (Psychology) Grad Dip(Adult Psychotherapy) <\/em><em>Diploma (DMT)\u00a0 Certificate Laban\/Bartenieff Movement Studies<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor PACFA No. 020209\u00a0 <\/em><em>Reg Dance Movement Psychotherapist &amp; Clinical Supervisor DTAA (Prof DMT) 203-01\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><em>Certified Laban\/Bartenieff Movement Analyst\u00a0 \u00a0LIMS CMA <\/em>\u00a0<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><em>Assoc. Editor IAPSP journal &#8211; Psychoanalysis, Context, and Self\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><em>Assoc. Editory Journal of Body, Movement, and Dance in Psychotherapy<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Currently Sandra&#8217;s primary professional focus is\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Supervision (individual and groups) of experienced and new psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, and psychiatrists using Somatic Intersubjective Self Psychology as the clinical framework and Laban\/Bartenieff Movement Studies as the bodymind\/somatic framework.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Assisting professional psychotherapists, dance movement psychotherapists and dance movement therapists in their research and professional presentations, such as for conferences and publication.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/me-and-mars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-164\" src=\"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/me-and-mars-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"me and mars\" srcset=\"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/me-and-mars-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/me-and-mars.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em> \u00a0<\/em>Sandra&#8217;s clinical work began in\u00a0 1985, initially as a somatic movement therapist, and subsequently adding psychology, Self Psychological psychotherapy to her skills. She specialized in long-term treatment using psychoanalytic Self Psychology and somatic\/movement for presentations including personality disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma (chronic and developmental) and psychosomatic presentations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning her working life as a Research Geophysicist in the oil industry she used her well-developed analytical skills to write one of the industry&#8217;s initial oil exploration computer programs.\u00a0 In 1981 she turned her scientific inquiries in the direction of the human body and movement, pursuing graduate work in anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and exercise physiology, while also satisfying the artist-within by studying contemporary dance, ballet, yoga and Pilates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1985 Sandra obtained a Certification in Laban Movement Analysis through the University of Washington.\u00a0 While living in Asia from 1984 to 1988, Sandra taught Laban Movement Analysis\/Bartenieff Fundamentals (LMA\/BF) as well as Contemporary Dance to groups that had never before experienced Western movement material.\u00a0 She was invited to give workshops to the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s P.L.A. Song and Dance Troupe, the Guangdong Academy of Dance, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and fitness groups in Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong.\u00a0 In 1989 Sandra returned to the US and worked in the aerobic dance and fitness industry applying LMA\/BF principles.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1992 Sandra moved permanently to Canberra ACT Australia and established The Ouldeah Centre for Movement Therapy .\u00a0 She introduced Canberra to the therapeutic benefits of Pilates-based Somatic Movement Therapy, educating medical practitioners and insurance companies of the benefits for their patients.\u00a0 Sandra was a Founding Councillor of the Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA), co-authored the curriculum used at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) for training Pilates Method instructors and developed training programs for Pilates-based Rehabilitation Practitioners, using somatic movement methods, including the Laban\/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Integrating her credentials in the body and movement with verbal psychotherapy skills Sandra\u00a0 lectured in the Counselling Department of the Wesley Institute (Sydney),\u00a0 \u00a0tutored for IDTIA, (Melbourne), Tensegrity Training (Sunshine Coast), and has lectured in LBMS for Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) in Masters of\u00a0 DMT programs at the University of Melbourne and the University of Auckland (NZ).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawn to understanding of and working with the bodymind Sandra has published a number of papers (see Publications page).<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra Kay Lauffenburger M.Sc. B.Ed. B.Soc.Sci.(Hons Psych) Grad Dip (Psychology) Grad Dip(Adult Psychotherapy) Diploma (DMT)\u00a0 Certificate Laban\/Bartenieff Movement Studies Registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor PACFA No. 020209\u00a0 Reg Dance Movement Psychotherapist &amp; Clinical Supervisor DTAA (Prof DMT) 203-01\u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selfnmotion.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}