Dance Movement Therapy in Milton, ON

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Strength Counselling Services
Counsellor, MEd, RCC, CCC, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
Milton, ON L9T  (Online Only)
We are known for providing expert gui dance & support, and fostering mental wellness.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We are known for providing expert gui dance & support, and fostering mental wellness.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
(782) 400-0486 View (782) 400-0486
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Marnie C Neve
MA CPsy, RYT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Milton, ON L0P
I work with individuals seeking gui dance, emotional support, mental clarity, harmony in mind and body. Whether experiencing relationship conflict, stress, grief, trauma or seeking new perspectives and fresh solutions on your life journey, the essence of my approach is to provide a safe, supportive base where you can explore, understand, and heal issues causing discomfort and imbalance in your life. Physical limitations, social discomfort, and the challenge of living in a fast-paced changing world all contribute to "dis-ease" in the body/mind. This can present itself in the form of anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, eating disorders, addiction and more.
I work with individuals seeking gui dance, emotional support, mental clarity, harmony in mind and body. Whether experiencing relationship conflict, stress, grief, trauma or seeking new perspectives and fresh solutions on your life journey, the essence of my approach is to provide a safe, supportive base where you can explore, understand, and heal issues causing discomfort and imbalance in your life. Physical limitations, social discomfort, and the challenge of living in a fast-paced changing world all contribute to "dis-ease" in the body/mind. This can present itself in the form of anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, eating disorders, addiction and more.
(647) 697-4056 View (647) 697-4056

Online Therapists

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Nilgun Turkcan Ataoglu
Art Therapist, PhD, MA, BCT, RDT
Verified Verified
Vaughan, ON L4H  (Online Only)
I am a Creative Arts Therapist, a Registered Drama Therapist - RDT, a Board-Certified Trainer - BCT, a supervisor and I am the founder and the director of Creative Arts Therapy Center. As board certified creative arts therapist, I have over 22 years of experience in promoting growth and healing through engagement in the arts. "During my twenty-two years of clinical experience, I have been privileged to help and witness so many people discover the meaning of their shattered life, and be empowered by creating and rewriting their life stories through drama, art, dance and music.
I am a Creative Arts Therapist, a Registered Drama Therapist - RDT, a Board-Certified Trainer - BCT, a supervisor and I am the founder and the director of Creative Arts Therapy Center. As board certified creative arts therapist, I have over 22 years of experience in promoting growth and healing through engagement in the arts. "During my twenty-two years of clinical experience, I have been privileged to help and witness so many people discover the meaning of their shattered life, and be empowered by creating and rewriting their life stories through drama, art, dance and music.
(437) 747-6529 View (437) 747-6529
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Alyson Pancer
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW, BAPsych, CYT
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M5M
Do you love spending time outdoors? Being in nature? Mindful Movement? Combined with breath practice, therapy at the park is the perfect blend of physical and mental health wellness.
Not sleeping? Is Work/Life balance unmanageable? Ready to replace medications with your best toolbox for Mental Health? Now that we are connected, please allow me to introduce myself. Having been personally trained by many of the world’s most influential Researchers and Psychotherapists, I provide evidence based Mindfulness. CBT, Yoga Psychotherapy & Clinical Hypnotherapy for anxiety, depression, relationships etc. It is my goal to help you identify & change your thought patterns and behaviours, and to provide you with effective coping strategies to assist you with difficult feelings and challenging situations present in your life.
Do you love spending time outdoors? Being in nature? Mindful Movement? Combined with breath practice, therapy at the park is the perfect blend of physical and mental health wellness.
Not sleeping? Is Work/Life balance unmanageable? Ready to replace medications with your best toolbox for Mental Health? Now that we are connected, please allow me to introduce myself. Having been personally trained by many of the world’s most influential Researchers and Psychotherapists, I provide evidence based Mindfulness. CBT, Yoga Psychotherapy & Clinical Hypnotherapy for anxiety, depression, relationships etc. It is my goal to help you identify & change your thought patterns and behaviours, and to provide you with effective coping strategies to assist you with difficult feelings and challenging situations present in your life.
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Corene Jonat
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, BA, ExAT
Verified Verified
Oakville, ON L6M
I am a registered Psychotherapist and Arts therapist, specializing in ANXIETY & DEPRESSION, offering CBT, mindfulness, Solution focused therapy for adults, kids, and teens challenged with anxiousness, fears, emotion regulation, parenting concerns, divorce, self esteem, illness, grief and loss. Creative therapies are facilitated in tandem with talk based psychotherapy utilizing CBT and mindfulness, incorporating visualization, art, music, play, writing and movement. I encourage a deeper connection and balance between mind and body promoting self-awareness and well being.
I am a registered Psychotherapist and Arts therapist, specializing in ANXIETY & DEPRESSION, offering CBT, mindfulness, Solution focused therapy for adults, kids, and teens challenged with anxiousness, fears, emotion regulation, parenting concerns, divorce, self esteem, illness, grief and loss. Creative therapies are facilitated in tandem with talk based psychotherapy utilizing CBT and mindfulness, incorporating visualization, art, music, play, writing and movement. I encourage a deeper connection and balance between mind and body promoting self-awareness and well being.
(647) 931-1576 View (647) 931-1576
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Carol Cowan
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Catharines, ON L2N
My specialty includes trauma processing with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and/or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
NOW Accepting New Clients! With 20 years of experience in the field of Social Work, I provide clients like you with a calm and confidential space where you will feel safe to be vulnerable and share your current life challenges and deepest pain. Clients that I work with are typically struggling with a history of trauma, symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, and/or addictions. Rebuilding your self-worth and self-esteem can be part of our work together. I also work well with clients who have goals to implement sustained behaviour change in their life and need a supportive person in the process.
My specialty includes trauma processing with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and/or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
NOW Accepting New Clients! With 20 years of experience in the field of Social Work, I provide clients like you with a calm and confidential space where you will feel safe to be vulnerable and share your current life challenges and deepest pain. Clients that I work with are typically struggling with a history of trauma, symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, and/or addictions. Rebuilding your self-worth and self-esteem can be part of our work together. I also work well with clients who have goals to implement sustained behaviour change in their life and need a supportive person in the process.
(365) 651-0489 View (365) 651-0489
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Dorit Osher
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, MA
Verified Verified
London, ON N5Y
Depression, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, post-traumatic stress, addictions, eating disorders, somatic therapies, and movement-based expressive arts.
As a psychotherapist, with a somatic and psychodynamic orientation, I seek to support people in finding greater freedom, creativity, compassion, empowerment and aliveness in their lives. I believe the antidote to emotional struggles is finding a sense of vitality. Listening, identifying and staying with one's emotional world is the key to self awareness. As a psychotherapist my greatest task is to listen with compassion, for people to speak their deeper truths and to help them find an alternative pathways in living a life that expresses their authenticity and how to contribute with meaning in the world.
Depression, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, post-traumatic stress, addictions, eating disorders, somatic therapies, and movement-based expressive arts.
As a psychotherapist, with a somatic and psychodynamic orientation, I seek to support people in finding greater freedom, creativity, compassion, empowerment and aliveness in their lives. I believe the antidote to emotional struggles is finding a sense of vitality. Listening, identifying and staying with one's emotional world is the key to self awareness. As a psychotherapist my greatest task is to listen with compassion, for people to speak their deeper truths and to help them find an alternative pathways in living a life that expresses their authenticity and how to contribute with meaning in the world.
(226) 400-7267 View (226) 400-7267
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Daphne Browne
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSc, EXAT
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M4K
Can be talk, art, play, movement, storytelling, poetry, mindfulness, cultivating compassion.
Are you looking for support through a significant loss, making difficult career or lifestyle changes, in need of greater emotional balance, or want to develop more self-awareness and connection with your life? Life is challenging and can sometimes become overwhelming to be able to rebalance our emotional, mental or physical health on our own. With a compassionate therapist, you can be supported to be present to yourself and explore in a safe space what is happening and what is possible.
Can be talk, art, play, movement, storytelling, poetry, mindfulness, cultivating compassion.
Are you looking for support through a significant loss, making difficult career or lifestyle changes, in need of greater emotional balance, or want to develop more self-awareness and connection with your life? Life is challenging and can sometimes become overwhelming to be able to rebalance our emotional, mental or physical health on our own. With a compassionate therapist, you can be supported to be present to yourself and explore in a safe space what is happening and what is possible.
(365) 601-1433 View (365) 601-1433
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Catherine Marrion
MA, MFA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R
Expressive arts uses all the arts ( movement, voice, visual arts, poetry, etc.
In my private practice as an expressive arts therapist I use the arts along with conversation and reflection, to help clients get ‘unstuck,’ uncover resources for change and growth, live with suffering when necessary and celebrate the joy of life as we humans always have -- by making meaning through making art. Increasingly, I also draw on Internal Family Systems (working with our "parts") to support and inform a safe and effective healing environment. I work with clients suffering from anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, creative blocks, eating disorders, physical illness, grief, trauma and sexual abuse.
Expressive arts uses all the arts ( movement, voice, visual arts, poetry, etc.
In my private practice as an expressive arts therapist I use the arts along with conversation and reflection, to help clients get ‘unstuck,’ uncover resources for change and growth, live with suffering when necessary and celebrate the joy of life as we humans always have -- by making meaning through making art. Increasingly, I also draw on Internal Family Systems (working with our "parts") to support and inform a safe and effective healing environment. I work with clients suffering from anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, creative blocks, eating disorders, physical illness, grief, trauma and sexual abuse.
(647) 490-8702 View (647) 490-8702
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Susie Showers
Counsellor, MA, CCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M5G
We play with physical movement, metaphor and creative exercises (no art or performance experience needed).
Your relationships can be an incredible source of pleasure and connection, AND they can be the biggest source of tension and exhaustion. You might feel rigid and uncreative, or be falling into people-pleasing habits. You may feel overwhelming physical sensations of constriction, pain or numbness. You play a vast range of roles in your friendships, romantic & intimate dynamics, and at work. This can be a lot to handle, and you may be masking your authentic self. Creative arts therapy can offer new ways to find playfulness so you can relax into intimacy in your relationships, your body, and fully own the stories that shape you.
We play with physical movement, metaphor and creative exercises (no art or performance experience needed).
Your relationships can be an incredible source of pleasure and connection, AND they can be the biggest source of tension and exhaustion. You might feel rigid and uncreative, or be falling into people-pleasing habits. You may feel overwhelming physical sensations of constriction, pain or numbness. You play a vast range of roles in your friendships, romantic & intimate dynamics, and at work. This can be a lot to handle, and you may be masking your authentic self. Creative arts therapy can offer new ways to find playfulness so you can relax into intimacy in your relationships, your body, and fully own the stories that shape you.
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Preeti Rane: Emdr Therapy And Trauma
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M3C  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I integrate various approaches to therapy such as EMDR, CBT, ERP, and Dance/ Movement Therapy that are congruent with each client’s presenting concerns and their needs.
I have over sixteen years of experience working with individuals and families, from diverse backgrounds and age groups, who are seeking support with various life challenges including but not limited to anxiety, depression, OCD, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, and grief. I specialize in supporting adults who have experienced sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma. However, my primary focus is in supporting children, adolescents and their parents/caregivers struggling to cope with mental health challenges that impact their functioning at home, school and/or community.
I integrate various approaches to therapy such as EMDR, CBT, ERP, and Dance/ Movement Therapy that are congruent with each client’s presenting concerns and their needs.
I have over sixteen years of experience working with individuals and families, from diverse backgrounds and age groups, who are seeking support with various life challenges including but not limited to anxiety, depression, OCD, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, and grief. I specialize in supporting adults who have experienced sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma. However, my primary focus is in supporting children, adolescents and their parents/caregivers struggling to cope with mental health challenges that impact their functioning at home, school and/or community.
(647) 933-2356 View (647) 933-2356
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Joscelyn Guindon
Registered Social Worker, BA, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kitchener, ON N2H
I use a variety of therapeutic styles, such as somatic experiencing, ACT, DBT, mind/body connection, dance movement therapy and many more.
NIHB provider. Each and every person that has crossed my path has their own unique life journey, and so needs a unique approach to building tools to move through them. My neuro, gender inclusive therapeutic approach is to gain understanding of who you are and your concerns, and work together to explore tools and solutions unique to you. My focus is on creating space where folx can build their skills in an open and judgment-free environment, where you know you best and I'm here to offer support and gui dance. I have extensive experience working with 2SLGBTQ+ youth and adults, and with ENM and polyamory communities.
I use a variety of therapeutic styles, such as somatic experiencing, ACT, DBT, mind/body connection, dance movement therapy and many more.
NIHB provider. Each and every person that has crossed my path has their own unique life journey, and so needs a unique approach to building tools to move through them. My neuro, gender inclusive therapeutic approach is to gain understanding of who you are and your concerns, and work together to explore tools and solutions unique to you. My focus is on creating space where folx can build their skills in an open and judgment-free environment, where you know you best and I'm here to offer support and gui dance. I have extensive experience working with 2SLGBTQ+ youth and adults, and with ENM and polyamory communities.
(226) 782-0589 View (226) 782-0589
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Fiona Green
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP (Q), P-RDT, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M6R
I offer deeply compassionate client-centered services for adolescents and adults. I am trained in the evidence-based models of Psychodynamic, ACT, CBT, and Narrative therapy as well as the Creative Arts Therapies, with an expertise in Drama Therapy (Role theory, Psychodrama, Improv, etc.). I interweave these modalities to best suit my client’s needs. My therapy approach goes beyond talk therapy, to also be embodied, creatively expressive, and somatically based. In this way emotions, memories, and presenting issues are explored and processed not only with words but with movement, metaphors, play, and body relaxation techniques.
I offer deeply compassionate client-centered services for adolescents and adults. I am trained in the evidence-based models of Psychodynamic, ACT, CBT, and Narrative therapy as well as the Creative Arts Therapies, with an expertise in Drama Therapy (Role theory, Psychodrama, Improv, etc.). I interweave these modalities to best suit my client’s needs. My therapy approach goes beyond talk therapy, to also be embodied, creatively expressive, and somatically based. In this way emotions, memories, and presenting issues are explored and processed not only with words but with movement, metaphors, play, and body relaxation techniques.
(437) 747-5673 View (437) 747-5673
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The Embodied Path | Justine C. Allen
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4K
Today, I’m a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) and Dance/ Movement Psychotherapist (Q).
Years ago, at a health consultation, I was asked a trauma related question that caused me to reflect on the connection of the mind and body. It completely confounded me yet, it stayed with me. As soon as I returned home I opened my laptop and began to research trauma and the body. And, what I found led to my realization of the significance of an embodied approach to healing. It also began my journey into the field of psychotherapy.
Today, I’m a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) and Dance/ Movement Psychotherapist (Q).
Years ago, at a health consultation, I was asked a trauma related question that caused me to reflect on the connection of the mind and body. It completely confounded me yet, it stayed with me. As soon as I returned home I opened my laptop and began to research trauma and the body. And, what I found led to my realization of the significance of an embodied approach to healing. It also began my journey into the field of psychotherapy.
(289) 207-6689 View (289) 207-6689
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Virginia Jahyu
Art Therapist, MA, ExAT, CCPA
Verified Verified
Toronto, ON M6K  (Online Only)
I use a variety of artistic modalities (poetry, music, visual arts, movement, theatre) to engage and empower individuals’ creative spirit and expressive voice.
I am an expressive arts therapist working from a person-centered approach. I am inspired by liberation healing and am invested in understanding colonial impacts on mental health. I value the intersectionalities and breadth of human identities, dis/abilities, experience, and creative expressions. I understand and respect how these aspects may contribute to one's mental health and life challenges. My work is centered around relationships​ and using the arts and dialogue as catalysts for personal inquiry, discovery, and growth.
I use a variety of artistic modalities (poetry, music, visual arts, movement, theatre) to engage and empower individuals’ creative spirit and expressive voice.
I am an expressive arts therapist working from a person-centered approach. I am inspired by liberation healing and am invested in understanding colonial impacts on mental health. I value the intersectionalities and breadth of human identities, dis/abilities, experience, and creative expressions. I understand and respect how these aspects may contribute to one's mental health and life challenges. My work is centered around relationships​ and using the arts and dialogue as catalysts for personal inquiry, discovery, and growth.
(289) 802-5019 View (289) 802-5019
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Christina Skoulos
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, TCHt, CFRC, RKin, RYT
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Markham, ON L3R
As a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Kinesiologist, Hypnotherapy Trainer, NLP & Timeline Therapy Master Practitioner and Coach, my approach strives in helping to support and heal the entire individual in a natural, holistic and integrative way using tools such as mindfulness, energy psychology, spirituality, hypnotherapy, movement & more.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Kinesiologist, Hypnotherapy Trainer, NLP & Timeline Therapy Master Practitioner and Coach, my approach strives in helping to support and heal the entire individual in a natural, holistic and integrative way using tools such as mindfulness, energy psychology, spirituality, hypnotherapy, movement & more.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, lost, stuck, down, anxious, stressed, or seeking answers? Would you like to improve your health and well-being and create deeper healing, improved relationships, lasting change, and transformation in your life? Perhaps you find yourself lacking time, focus, energy, drive, connection, and have no idea how to start improving things. We all have times in life when we may feel this way. With everything going on in the world these days, it's not easy to not feel this way. But you can finally stop trying to do it all alone now. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support.
(647) 691-4349 View (647) 691-4349
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Kerri Murphy Phillips
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MSc, LCAT, R-DMT, RP (Q), CCC
Verified Verified
London, ON N6A
Specializing in dance therapy, creative arts therapy, spirituality, and mindfulness, I provide a holistic approach to healing.
In my practice, I work closely with clients aged 10-25 as they navigate the complexities of adolescence. I specialize in supporting them through challenges such as identity formation, interpersonal conflicts, suicidal ideation, self-harm, anxiety, depression, authenticity, and personal expression. My approach fosters a queer-inclusive safe space, offering validation and empathy. Together, we focus on building resilience, self-esteem, and coping skills, while also cultivating an embodied understanding of healthy emotional regulation.
Specializing in dance therapy, creative arts therapy, spirituality, and mindfulness, I provide a holistic approach to healing.
In my practice, I work closely with clients aged 10-25 as they navigate the complexities of adolescence. I specialize in supporting them through challenges such as identity formation, interpersonal conflicts, suicidal ideation, self-harm, anxiety, depression, authenticity, and personal expression. My approach fosters a queer-inclusive safe space, offering validation and empathy. Together, we focus on building resilience, self-esteem, and coping skills, while also cultivating an embodied understanding of healthy emotional regulation.
(289) 513-3721 View (289) 513-3721
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Carolyn Hudson
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CYC
Verified Verified
Hamilton, ON L8R
I use expressive art and dance for creative non-verbal exploration, alongside talk therapy techniques to understand and navigate your personal path.
Begin your journey to self-embodiment and healing with therapy that deeply connects you to your true self. My practice is dedicated to supporting those navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions and those who are searching for greater fulfillment and peace within their life. I create a safe and non-judgmental therapeutic space where individuals find healing through a deep connection to self and body. I offer sessions for individuals, couples, families, teens, and children, with a focus on women’s mental health.
I use expressive art and dance for creative non-verbal exploration, alongside talk therapy techniques to understand and navigate your personal path.
Begin your journey to self-embodiment and healing with therapy that deeply connects you to your true self. My practice is dedicated to supporting those navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions and those who are searching for greater fulfillment and peace within their life. I create a safe and non-judgmental therapeutic space where individuals find healing through a deep connection to self and body. I offer sessions for individuals, couples, families, teens, and children, with a focus on women’s mental health.
(289) 367-5918 View (289) 367-5918
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Cassey Andrews
Registered Social Worker, BSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Toronto, ON M4K
I take people on a journey to meet and commune more deeply with their body, with the parts of themselves they have abandoned or are too afraid to venture near. My practice is an intuitive concoction, rooted in authentic movement and active imagination. I draw from my experience as a retired dancer and my education in existential-integrative psychotherapy and social work, including exposure to spiritual texts and experiential approaches, in order to assist my clients on the path to embodiment.
I take people on a journey to meet and commune more deeply with their body, with the parts of themselves they have abandoned or are too afraid to venture near. My practice is an intuitive concoction, rooted in authentic movement and active imagination. I draw from my experience as a retired dancer and my education in existential-integrative psychotherapy and social work, including exposure to spiritual texts and experiential approaches, in order to assist my clients on the path to embodiment.
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Bloom Child & Family Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, MA, PhD
Verified Verified
Waterloo, ON N2J
Our evidence-based treatments are tailored to meet the needs of children, teens and families and include CBPT, EMDR, play therapy, expressive arts therapies (music, art, dance/ movement, writing), animal-assisted therapy, sport social work, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapies among others.
Bloom Child & Family Therapy supports children and their families using creative approaches and evidenced-based practices. At Bloom we strive to provide accessible, quality mental health care for children, adolescents and their families. Bloom therapists are ultra-creative! Play, expressive arts and animal-assisted therapies allow Bloom to make their services accessible to all children and their families. Whether you are coming for family therapy or your child is attending therapy, we believe that family and/or primary caregivers are key to children’s healing and growing. We are looking to build strong and healthy families.
Our evidence-based treatments are tailored to meet the needs of children, teens and families and include CBPT, EMDR, play therapy, expressive arts therapies (music, art, dance/ movement, writing), animal-assisted therapy, sport social work, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapies among others.
Bloom Child & Family Therapy supports children and their families using creative approaches and evidenced-based practices. At Bloom we strive to provide accessible, quality mental health care for children, adolescents and their families. Bloom therapists are ultra-creative! Play, expressive arts and animal-assisted therapies allow Bloom to make their services accessible to all children and their families. Whether you are coming for family therapy or your child is attending therapy, we believe that family and/or primary caregivers are key to children’s healing and growing. We are looking to build strong and healthy families.
(226) 799-4869 View (226) 799-4869

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Dance Movement Therapy Counsellors

What can I expect from dance/movement therapy?

During dance therapy, the therapist will guide the client through dance movements that metaphorically represent a particular challenge, reflect their internal emotional state, or otherwise express physically what is happening for the client mentally. The therapist may “mirror” the client’s movements or simply observe. The client may be encouraged, as they dance, to pay attention to their breath or other physical sensations. Afterward, the therapist and client will often debrief to help the client process the experience.

Is dance/movement therapy evidence-based?

A small body of research has found that dance therapy can help treat conditions like depression, PTSD, anxiety, and eating disorders, as well as nonclinical issues like low self-esteem or family conflict. However, some experts caution that the evidence in favor of dance therapy is not as robust as that of other, more established therapies, and some of the published research is of low quality. Many recommend that dance therapy be used as a complementary rather than stand-alone treatment.

Can dance therapy help with depression?

Some research suggests that dance/movement therapy can aid in the treatment of depression, especially when combined with other therapies; some studies, for example, report that dance therapy combined with antidepressants or talk therapy is more effective than those treatments alone. The positive effects of dance therapy may come from the movement itself, as it’s well-known that physical activity can improve mood and bolster motivation in those struggling with depression.

What are the limitations of dance therapy?

People with disabilities or other conditions that hinder movement may find it more challenging to participate in dance therapy, though a well-trained therapist will take a client’s physical limitations into account when designing a treatment plan. Experts also warn that certain conditions, particularly eating disorders, should never be treated with dance therapy alone; it may, however, be used as an adjunct therapy.