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ACC Sensitive Claims Service - Art & Dance Movement Therapy
Since 2019, we have offered a range of fully funded art and dance movement therapy under ACC’s Sensitive Claims Service to clients that have experienced trauma due to sexual assault. This includes:
Individual dance movement therapy
Individual art therapy
Supported assessments (with registered art therapists)
Trauma informed Yoga and Dance Movement Therapy groups (see details below)
Our trained therapists are available in Auckland, Wellington Central, Christchurch, Thames/Coromandel, Whakatāne, Hamilton, the Kapiti Coast and Queenstown.
Email us via the link below to find a therapist near you.
How to Access this Therapy?
I don’t have an ACC Sensitive Claim
I have experienced sexual violence recently or long ago and want support.
We can connect you with an Arts Therapist or Dance Movement Therapist for fully funded individual or group therapy. The ACC claims process is user friendly and client-centred.
I have an ACC Sensitive Claim and am interested in trauma sensitive dance movement or arts therapy.
Ask your ACC Therapist whether a period of dance movement or arts therapy can be included in your wellbeing plan. Usually 10 sessions is a good place to start.
I am a registered Provider of ACC’s Sensitive Claims Contract and want short term dance movement or art therapy for my client.
For short term (adjunct) therapy we generally recommend 10 sessions. please email us with your client’s information and we can provide our supplier number for your client’s wellbeing plan.
ACC Sensitive Claims Group Therapy
Who can participate?
Our ACC groups are open to Individuals 18+ identifying as female, have an accepted claim with ACC’s Sensitive Claims Service, are able to practice some basic self-regulation skills and who are ready for group work.
Goals may include: Increasing body awareness, relationships with own body and others, boundaries, management of anxiety, management of hypoarousal/hyperarousal, increasing sense of safety in a group and fostering grounding & sense of stability (emotionally & psychologically).
Process for Providers
To arrange for your client to attend one of our groups, please contact the team at acc@dancetherapy.co.nz with your client’s Name, DOB, Email, Phone Number and Location and contact your client’s recovery partner or add to your Wellbeing Plan the following details to raise a Group Work Purchase Order:
Vendor: Dance and Arts Therapy NZ (VAY412)
Group Name: Embracing Your body - Yoga DMT
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 5:30 - 7 pm
Location: Mt Albert, Auckland
Group dates: Term 2, 2025: 7 May - 25 June (PO Dates 16 April - 25 June)
Group codes: 16 hours SCGW and 1 hour SCGT2
Providers: Jacquelyn Wan and Clare Etherton