Paul Sevett on the luxury of embodied learning and the decision to decline the role of president of the ADTA.

In this conversation, I am speaking with Paul Sevett BC-DMT, LICSW. When Paul was elected president of the ADTA in 2017, I reached out to him to have a conversation about taking on this role, but our conversation was delayed as 2020 unfolded and Paul decided to step down from the role of president.  This year I had a chance to sit down with him to hear his experience. Paul has been studying dance/movement therapy for over fourty years, and in our conversation, he speaks to the experience of being a man in a field that is predominantly female, and the extraordinary priviledge of learning and practicing dance/movement therapy.  We trace the origins of his interest in movement and dance, and he names teachers and influences, who offered him a "luxurious" education through dance.  Paul reflects upon the decision to decline the role of the ADTA president, and he offers a hopeful vision for the future of the field.