# Joan Chodorow

American Jungian analyst and dance/movement therapist pioneering embodied active imagination through Authentic Movement.

**Lived:** 1937–present (b. New York City)
**Nationality:** American
**Training:** Master of Arts in Psychology (specialization in dance therapy) from Goddard College; Diploma in Analytical Psychology from C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (1983); Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from Union Graduate School
**Affiliation:** Jungian psychoanalysis; dance/movement therapy; Authentic Movement; C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles

## Key works

- *Jung on Active Imagination* (1997)
- *Dance therapy and depth psychology: the moving imagination*
- *Authentic movement: essays by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow*