Dr Helen Payne, PhD is a UKCP accredited psychotherapist (AHPP), Fellow and Senior Registered dance movement therapist. For over 25 years she has pioneered the development of DMT in the UK starting the professional association, first training, research and publications. She has a private practice and is a Reader in, and Head of, Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Hertfordshire where she supervises a number of PhD candidates. She trained in Authentic Movement with Dr Janet Adler (and Tina Stromsted) for six during her annual visits to Europe and in Person-Centered Counselling and Group Analysis. Helen has been developing her own form of AM, influenced by her DMT work with children with autism and emotional/learning difficulties, for over 12 years with a variety of groups and individuals.