** 2026 ONLINE COURSES **
KMP Module 3 Training: Pre Efforts, Efforts, Shaping in Directions, and Shaping in Planes
With Dr. Melanie French
This live online course explores how movement reveals patterns of learning, problem solving, and relationships. Together, we'll deepen our understanding of the KMP while learning to observe and diagram Pre-Efforts, Efforts, Directions, and Planes of Movement in a supportive and engaging learning community.
Whether you're continuing your KMP studies or joining for the first time, this training offers a practical, embodied approach that can enrich clinical work, teaching, supervision, and personal understanding.
The course is well suited for:
- Body-oriented therapists
- Dance/movement therapists
- Occupational and physical therapists
- Educators
- Parents
- Anyone interested in wellness through embodied interventions
- Anyone curious about how to observe, notate, and calculate diagrams of movement and interpret them from a psychological multicultural lens.
- 12 Saturdays, 9:00–11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
- September 26, 2026 – January 16, 2027
- Live via Zoom
- Tuition: $1,275
- Counts 30 hours toward the 90-hour KMP Level I Course
To Register, Contact: drmelaniefrench@gmail.com
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Introduction to the Kestenberg Movement Profile
with Suzanne Hastie, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC, Certified KMP Analyst.
This hybrid course blends immersive in-person training with deep-dive online sessions to fit your professional life.
The Hybrid Experience:
2-Day In-Person Intensive
July 24 & 25, 2026 | 9am–5pm
Lehigh Valley, PA
Followed by 5-Week Online Series
August 25 – Sept 22, 2026 (Tuesdays)
Synchronous Zoom | 10am–12noon ET
Flexible Timing: Can’t make the morning? An evening Zoom class is available for students unable to attend the AM session!
To register: suzannehastie@aol.com
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KMP Module 2 Training
with Suzanne Hastie
Tuesdays: October 13-December 15, 2026; 10am-12noon ET
Format: Online (Zoom)
To register: suzannehastie@aol.com
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Monthly KMP Study Group
This is a group for those who have successfully completed all three KMP courses (90 hours of foundational study) and are interested in continuing to learn and/or make applications in work/life or are pursuing the KMP certification. Group (s) meet via Zoom each month for 90 minutes.
To register: suzannehastie@aol.com
Fee is $45 each month.
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Private KMP Training with Dr. Melanie Johnson French
**Discover the KMP and learn at your own pace**
Sample individualized course plans include:
*Embodied leadership coaching/training: develop creativity, increase productivity, improve personal and interpersonal well-being, and reduce overwhelm using specific movement approaches.
*30 hrs learning the body movement patterns and psychology of each pattern
*30 hrs learning how to observe movement patterns and record them
*30 hrs learning how to put recorded movements into diagrams
*10-hr overview of the KMP movements
*Individual case consultation using the KMP
*10-hr overview course in one movement category (Ex: Tension Flow Rhythms)
Contact to design your own personalized learning experience
To learn more and register: Contact Melanie Johnson French at drmelaniefrench@gmail.com
