IIDT & Petra Klein

"Stepping into the Dance of Life"
with Petra Klein

Psychologist and dance therapist Petra Klein is the founder of the "International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT" on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. Eleven years after setting up her first venture in Hamburg, Germany, in 1994 she moved the headquarters of her institute from Hamburg, Germany, to Tenerife in order to expand her international activities. She is the originator of the "Dance of Life®" experience.

Besides her work on Tenerife, Petra Klein offers workshops, seminars, presentations and dance events. She travels throughout the world helping individuals, therapists and political leaders re-connect with themselves and others through the "Dance of Life" and, if necessary, through dance therapy. She also presents her approach at medical and psychology congresses. Her methods are accessible and inspiring and the results immediate and profound.

Programs available for booking include:

  • "Anyone Can Dance: Stepping into Self-Love and Acceptance"
  • "Self-Discovery and Healing through Movement"
  • "Intuitive Movement as Spiritual and Physical Healer"
  • "Movement as a Tool for Education and Personal Growth"
  • "Breaking the Language and Social Barrier through Non-Verbal Communication"
  • "Bridging the Gap between Nations and Healing the Planet"

Psychological Background

The theoretical emphasis in Petra Klein's teaching and therapeutic work is on Humanistic, Depth and Transpersonal Psychology. Her approach can be applied to personal growth processes in general as well as to all kinds of psychological and emotional problems and disorders.

Biography of Petra Klein

Petra Klein has been a psychologist MA and psychotherapist (BDP) since 1980. She qualified as a dance therapist in the USA in 1982. She is one of the pioneers of dance therapy movement in Europe and lives in the Canaries, on the volcanic island of Tenerife, Spain, where she accompanies people along the path that unfolds their personalities. She is the director of the "International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT" on Tenerife. There she conducts vacation seminars, educational training, coaching and individual consultation and inspires people through various dance events. By invitation she also presents her work in other countries.

She lectures at the University of Hamburg, Germany and at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. As founder and director from 1983 to 1994 of the "Institut für Tanztherapie Hamburg ITTH" in Hamburg, Germany, she was actively involved in getting dance therapy established in Germany.

She is the author of three books on the subject of dance therapy and "Dance of Life", a video and the especially composed music "Dance of Life" which inspires self-expression (see publications).

Petra Klein´s work is shown on TV channels and radio stations. She presents her approach at training seminars and medical and psychology congresses and other types of conventions. She is also engaged in contributing to dance festivals and presenting her special choreographies

 

Petra Klein

Director, International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT - Canary Islands, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
M.A., Clinical Psychology with an emphases on Humanistic, Depth and Transpersonal Psychology
Dance therapist, BDT
Director and founder of the seminar center "Jardín Mariposa"


Psychology Lecturer

  • University of Hamburg, Germany
  • University of Zürich, Switzerland

Published Author

  • "Dance Therapy - An Introduction"
  • "Dance Therapy - The Path to Holistic Being"
  • "Dance of Life"

Dancer and Choreographer

  • Video & DVD: "Dance Therapy - The Path to Holistic Being"
  • CD: " Dance of Life"