Entrance

Can you believe it? I can't. I just did my entrance interview to the DMT program at Antioch!

It was suppose to be a one on one general discussion about DMT and I'd scheduled an appointment with the director because I felt that my situation was unique and I needed help. But it turns out, my situation is NOT unique. Mostly, it is because the subject is so new, and there are many dancers out there who have the same story as me. That we wanted to do something more with our dance, but couldn't find a suitable career path, until DMT got recognized as a legitimate science.

So I gathered that I'm not as under qualified as I originally thought! I was encouraged to apply anyway even though I didn't have a psychology background. It seemed that the most important thing was for the therapist to have a wide vocabulary of movement, which I already have. So the director asked if I would be applying, I told her I am almost totally sure that I will be. And right then she asked me "So what would you want me to know since you're applying?"

I was gobsmacked, tongue tied. Awkward silence, that kind.

She prompted me to tell her about my dance background which I totally forgot she had no clue. So I filled her in and told her why I think I would want to be a dance therapist. It was far from a shining personal statement of conviction, and I certainly don't speak as well as the other girls in the group. She didn't seem to have any objections other then "Oy vey, she doesnt think very fast does she?"

But okay, I was being extremely candid about my desires and my weaknesses. I admitted to having a lot of social issues and not being very strong academically. I guess I was hoping to push out a possible rejection from her? But no. She only asked me to "get some work done." She means I need therapy.

What an awesome community... That even if the world doesn't want therapists, therapists will always needed therapists for themselves! Good for business no?