Dance Movement Therapy in Tucson, AZ
Nicole Surran @ Relationship Renovation Counseling
Counselor, LAC, R-DMT
1 Endorsed
Tucson, AZ 85719
Hello, I'm Nicole! As a relationship expert, I specialize in working with adolescents, couples, and families to build emotional awareness, improve communication, and strengthen connections. With over a decade of experience working in mental health in the Tucson community, I look forward to helping people of all identities to feel welcome in therapy.
Hello, I'm Nicole! As a relationship expert, I specialize in working with adolescents, couples, and families to build emotional awareness, improve communication, and strengthen connections. With over a decade of experience working in mental health in the Tucson community, I look forward to helping people of all identities to feel welcome in therapy.
Are you feeling stuck, hurt, worried or in repeating patterns? I work with womxn, minority groups, trauma survivors & men willing to engage in deeper emotional work. My ideal client is seeking to process and resolve traumas, make sense of their lives, and wanting to explore their identities and purpose. Their goals might include emotional regulation, healing past wounds, and understanding themselves more fully to create a life that feels meaningful and aligned. I see clients exclusively via Telehealth in Arizona.
Are you feeling stuck, hurt, worried or in repeating patterns? I work with womxn, minority groups, trauma survivors & men willing to engage in deeper emotional work. My ideal client is seeking to process and resolve traumas, make sense of their lives, and wanting to explore their identities and purpose. Their goals might include emotional regulation, healing past wounds, and understanding themselves more fully to create a life that feels meaningful and aligned. I see clients exclusively via Telehealth in Arizona.
Jessica emphasizes self-compassion while supporting each age range, and is passionate about providing a safe and welcoming environment by applying a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach. Jessica incorporates aspects of experiential therapy, to foster connection to our intrinsic needs and also external connections to the
communities and various systems that we are a part of. Jessica’s support applies Motivational Interviewing (MI), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy, for sustainable change.
Jessica emphasizes self-compassion while supporting each age range, and is passionate about providing a safe and welcoming environment by applying a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach. Jessica incorporates aspects of experiential therapy, to foster connection to our intrinsic needs and also external connections to the
communities and various systems that we are a part of. Jessica’s support applies Motivational Interviewing (MI), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy, for sustainable change.
I utilize relational, psychodynamic, body-centered/somatic psychotherapy, neuro-psychotherapy, EMDR, mindfulness, play therapy, dance/ movement therapy & expressive arts.
I believe that clients are co-creators in the process. Healing and growth occurs when we are willing to share openly and work towards developing an authentic, therapeutic relationship. I have extensive experience with survivors of all types of trauma, relationship/family challenges, domestic abuse, mood disorders, fertility issues, eating disorders, substance use, women's/men's issues & lifestyle changes. The therapeutic process will focus on helping you to re-discover & develop strengths, resiliency and coping skills. Join me as I create a safe space to explore the source of your current struggles and innate embodied wisdom.
I utilize relational, psychodynamic, body-centered/somatic psychotherapy, neuro-psychotherapy, EMDR, mindfulness, play therapy, dance/ movement therapy & expressive arts.
I believe that clients are co-creators in the process. Healing and growth occurs when we are willing to share openly and work towards developing an authentic, therapeutic relationship. I have extensive experience with survivors of all types of trauma, relationship/family challenges, domestic abuse, mood disorders, fertility issues, eating disorders, substance use, women's/men's issues & lifestyle changes. The therapeutic process will focus on helping you to re-discover & develop strengths, resiliency and coping skills. Join me as I create a safe space to explore the source of your current struggles and innate embodied wisdom.
I am passionate about being a source of strength, hope and empowerment to individuals, couples and families as they uncover their innate capacity to be the best they can be for themselves and their loved ones. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona. I am a Certified through ICEEFT as an Emotionally Focused Therapist. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, which uses a body-oriented approach for the healing of trauma and other stress disorders, founded by Dr. Peter Levine. Somatic Experiencing is about creating more choice - body, mind & spirit.
I am passionate about being a source of strength, hope and empowerment to individuals, couples and families as they uncover their innate capacity to be the best they can be for themselves and their loved ones. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona. I am a Certified through ICEEFT as an Emotionally Focused Therapist. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, which uses a body-oriented approach for the healing of trauma and other stress disorders, founded by Dr. Peter Levine. Somatic Experiencing is about creating more choice - body, mind & spirit.
Sex-positive, I cherish relationship as an intimate dance in which mutual partnership depends on curiosity, vulnerability, play and growth.
I am an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist with a whole-bodied/somatic and sex-positive approach to therapy with individuals and couples. Embodiment while relating is an invitation into more authentic and intimate relationship. While talk-therapies prioritize talking (a top-down approach), I sometimes interweave somatic practice: breathing, sensing and moving.
Sex-positive, I cherish relationship as an intimate dance in which mutual partnership depends on curiosity, vulnerability, play and growth.
I am an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist with a whole-bodied/somatic and sex-positive approach to therapy with individuals and couples. Embodiment while relating is an invitation into more authentic and intimate relationship. While talk-therapies prioritize talking (a top-down approach), I sometimes interweave somatic practice: breathing, sensing and moving.
Magali Hoy-Nielsen has been working with clients who have extensive trauma experiences, sexual, physical abuse, domestic violence, and parent/child attachment disorder. Magali focuses on the specific trauma that has impacted the client's life and guides that client in finding clarity, self healing, and a path towards self control. Magali has been working in the area of trauma and attachment for 19 years, helping mend broken and damaged parent/child relationships, which is the core of healthy connections in the future.
Magali Hoy-Nielsen has been working with clients who have extensive trauma experiences, sexual, physical abuse, domestic violence, and parent/child attachment disorder. Magali focuses on the specific trauma that has impacted the client's life and guides that client in finding clarity, self healing, and a path towards self control. Magali has been working in the area of trauma and attachment for 19 years, helping mend broken and damaged parent/child relationships, which is the core of healthy connections in the future.
I provide facilitation of parts work, hypnotherapy, EFT tapping, breathwork, fascia flow, conscious movement, somatic release, and more.
You’ve held everything together, sometimes at great personal cost. You’ve poured yourself into your work and relationships. But somewhere along the way, your generous heart was wounded…
Outwardly you probably seem okay, you have put on a brave front for the world, but inwardly you are hanging on by a thread. You may wonder: "When will I catch a break?" or “Why do I feel something's missing?”
You’ve tried to think your way out of it, to stay positive, to be spiritual, to push through.
But it’s not working anymore.
I provide facilitation of parts work, hypnotherapy, EFT tapping, breathwork, fascia flow, conscious movement, somatic release, and more.
You’ve held everything together, sometimes at great personal cost. You’ve poured yourself into your work and relationships. But somewhere along the way, your generous heart was wounded…
Outwardly you probably seem okay, you have put on a brave front for the world, but inwardly you are hanging on by a thread. You may wonder: "When will I catch a break?" or “Why do I feel something's missing?”
You’ve tried to think your way out of it, to stay positive, to be spiritual, to push through.
But it’s not working anymore.
Leslie McCormick
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA, R-DMT
2 Endorsed
Tucson, AZ 85701
Waitlist for new clients
I guide authentic movement, poetry therapy, choreotherapy, and more to usher you into greater fulfillment.
You’re searching for meaning or purpose in life. Perhaps you want to trust your intuition more. You feel at a crossroads. You’ve been successful in your work but feel a bit unsatisfied. You’re stable but lacking joie de vivre. You’re a creative, but not feeling all that creative right now. You sense this isn't something your sharp intellect or talk therapy can help you with. You feel your body holds wisdom for you, but you don’t know how to access it. I put decades of experience in psychotherapy and depth, creative, and contemplative processes in service of guiding and witnessing your unfolding into a more authentic, at-peace you.
I guide authentic movement, poetry therapy, choreotherapy, and more to usher you into greater fulfillment.
You’re searching for meaning or purpose in life. Perhaps you want to trust your intuition more. You feel at a crossroads. You’ve been successful in your work but feel a bit unsatisfied. You’re stable but lacking joie de vivre. You’re a creative, but not feeling all that creative right now. You sense this isn't something your sharp intellect or talk therapy can help you with. You feel your body holds wisdom for you, but you don’t know how to access it. I put decades of experience in psychotherapy and depth, creative, and contemplative processes in service of guiding and witnessing your unfolding into a more authentic, at-peace you.
My primary focus is emotional health and well-being by utilizing the Whole Person Concept. This enables clients to make great stride in personal transformation and gains in self-esteem, improvement in the quality of their life at work, in intimate relationships and with family, friends and overcome social anxiety. By utilizing the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach and traditional cognitive behavioral therapy in helping to reframe the presenting problem, we discover new possibilities to cope with life stressors. This process may include Jungian psychology, dream analysis, creative visualization, mindfulness meditation and Art.
My primary focus is emotional health and well-being by utilizing the Whole Person Concept. This enables clients to make great stride in personal transformation and gains in self-esteem, improvement in the quality of their life at work, in intimate relationships and with family, friends and overcome social anxiety. By utilizing the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach and traditional cognitive behavioral therapy in helping to reframe the presenting problem, we discover new possibilities to cope with life stressors. This process may include Jungian psychology, dream analysis, creative visualization, mindfulness meditation and Art.
Utilizing the latest nervous system research, along with traditional practices going back thousands of years, we can explore a broad range of tools together: including breathwork, dance, ritual, creativity — or we can just simply talk: honoring the transformative power of sharing things we've never fully acknowledged or felt safe enough to be seen.
Deep inside of you is the awareness of what you need to heal. I help facilitate and unearth that inner wisdom with individuals, relationships, and groups. Together, we'll practice tuning into your own unique embodied truth. From there, we can translate that increased clarity into tangible action that aligns with your greatest, most authentic wellbeing. Our bodies exist within larger systems — many of which can disconnect us from ourselves and each other. We'll look together at the messages we've internalized from these systems in order to unearth the ones that are no longer helpful.
Utilizing the latest nervous system research, along with traditional practices going back thousands of years, we can explore a broad range of tools together: including breathwork, dance, ritual, creativity — or we can just simply talk: honoring the transformative power of sharing things we've never fully acknowledged or felt safe enough to be seen.
Deep inside of you is the awareness of what you need to heal. I help facilitate and unearth that inner wisdom with individuals, relationships, and groups. Together, we'll practice tuning into your own unique embodied truth. From there, we can translate that increased clarity into tangible action that aligns with your greatest, most authentic wellbeing. Our bodies exist within larger systems — many of which can disconnect us from ourselves and each other. We'll look together at the messages we've internalized from these systems in order to unearth the ones that are no longer helpful.
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I observed communication and learning styles and offer agency in your preferences of engaging in Expressive Art Therapy, Movement, Narrative Approaches, Mindfulness exercises, etc to initiate comfort in the sharing of your experience.
I look forward to meeting individuals, families, and couples who are open to integrating innovative health and wellness developments into their self-care routine, from lifestyle enhancements, mindset elevation, mood influencing foods, and much more. Rejuvenation, mental respite, creativity, inspiration, and consideration in care is what makes my practice an essentially rare experience. We assess longterm and short term goals; Tackling them as a team in small increments according to a pace that is the most comfortable and ethically challenging within reason.
I observed communication and learning styles and offer agency in your preferences of engaging in Expressive Art Therapy, Movement, Narrative Approaches, Mindfulness exercises, etc to initiate comfort in the sharing of your experience.
I look forward to meeting individuals, families, and couples who are open to integrating innovative health and wellness developments into their self-care routine, from lifestyle enhancements, mindset elevation, mood influencing foods, and much more. Rejuvenation, mental respite, creativity, inspiration, and consideration in care is what makes my practice an essentially rare experience. We assess longterm and short term goals; Tackling them as a team in small increments according to a pace that is the most comfortable and ethically challenging within reason.
Currently, not accepting new clients. I work with children, individuals, couples, and families using play therapy, CBT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, the Gottman Method, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and parent coaching. As an LAC, I practice under Board-approved clinical supervision, providing compassionate, evidence-based care tailored to each client’s unique needs.
Currently, not accepting new clients. I work with children, individuals, couples, and families using play therapy, CBT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, the Gottman Method, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and parent coaching. As an LAC, I practice under Board-approved clinical supervision, providing compassionate, evidence-based care tailored to each client’s unique needs.
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I work with children, pre-teens, teens, and adult individuals. I have experience counseling individuals with Autism, peer relationships, and children. I help clients navigate trauma, anxiety, grief, depression, identity exploration, self-esteem concerns, and family or peer conflict.
I work with children, pre-teens, teens, and adult individuals. I have experience counseling individuals with Autism, peer relationships, and children. I help clients navigate trauma, anxiety, grief, depression, identity exploration, self-esteem concerns, and family or peer conflict.
I am the best fit for a family who has children between the ages from birth to 24 years old. I offer support to families who are struggling with challenging behaviors from their children and adolescents in home or at school. I offer a unique systemic approach that includes parents in the treatment process that is not found in many other practices. This systemic approach is extremely affective and helps keep parents in the loop and helps families complete the treatment goal faster than other approaches. As I believe therapy for children should be brief and solution focused so they can get back to being a kid.
I am the best fit for a family who has children between the ages from birth to 24 years old. I offer support to families who are struggling with challenging behaviors from their children and adolescents in home or at school. I offer a unique systemic approach that includes parents in the treatment process that is not found in many other practices. This systemic approach is extremely affective and helps keep parents in the loop and helps families complete the treatment goal faster than other approaches. As I believe therapy for children should be brief and solution focused so they can get back to being a kid.
At Strategies for Success, we offer a Problem Solving Approach to a Healthier Life. Where you experience barriers, we work hard to identify creative solutions. We will help you formulate your Strategy for Success to address areas of difficulty affecting functioning, motivation, relationships, communication and substance use. Our team approach to care may include psychotherapy, medication management, group classes, EMDR, neurofeedback or other services to help improve both mental health and physical health.
At Strategies for Success, we offer a Problem Solving Approach to a Healthier Life. Where you experience barriers, we work hard to identify creative solutions. We will help you formulate your Strategy for Success to address areas of difficulty affecting functioning, motivation, relationships, communication and substance use. Our team approach to care may include psychotherapy, medication management, group classes, EMDR, neurofeedback or other services to help improve both mental health and physical health.
When you look around, what do you see? Are there opportunities or obstacles, support or neglect? Today's concerns and issues need new thoughts, strategies and patterns, along with a community to help bring them together. Our specialty is in helping you find the unique patterns that speak to your truth. Finding nurture to heal your neglect. And connecting you with authentic support and a healthy family you choose. We specialize in processing, somatic, and engagement therapies. We go to work on the traumatic hurdles, engaging our spiritual and creative parts, to develop the options, motivation, and optimism we all deserve.
When you look around, what do you see? Are there opportunities or obstacles, support or neglect? Today's concerns and issues need new thoughts, strategies and patterns, along with a community to help bring them together. Our specialty is in helping you find the unique patterns that speak to your truth. Finding nurture to heal your neglect. And connecting you with authentic support and a healthy family you choose. We specialize in processing, somatic, and engagement therapies. We go to work on the traumatic hurdles, engaging our spiritual and creative parts, to develop the options, motivation, and optimism we all deserve.
I specialize in a variety of modalities and alternative therapies, but some of the primary treatments I offer include:
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Expressive Arts
Breathwork and Mindfulness Training
Somatic Work
Dance/ Movement
I understand that life can sometimes feel overwhelming. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, or other challenges, I'm here to help you find practical solutions to improve your overall well-being and life satisfaction.
I help individuals who know life can be better but aren't sure how to get there by:
-Providing empathetic healing through evidence-based therapy
-Guiding you through trauma, anxiety, and depression recovery
-Helping you find your strength and inner calm
-Teaching practical coping skills to navigate life's challenges
I specialize in a variety of modalities and alternative therapies, but some of the primary treatments I offer include:
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Expressive Arts
Breathwork and Mindfulness Training
Somatic Work
Dance/ Movement
I understand that life can sometimes feel overwhelming. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, or other challenges, I'm here to help you find practical solutions to improve your overall well-being and life satisfaction.
I help individuals who know life can be better but aren't sure how to get there by:
-Providing empathetic healing through evidence-based therapy
-Guiding you through trauma, anxiety, and depression recovery
-Helping you find your strength and inner calm
-Teaching practical coping skills to navigate life's challenges
Finding the right therapist is a lot like dating — not everyone you meet will be “the one,” and that’s okay. One of the biggest factors in successful therapy is the relationship between the client and therapist. Ericka is known for quickly building trust and rapport with clients from all walks of life, creating a space where people feel safe, supported, and understood.
Clients can expect a caring, energetic, and creative therapist who uses both science and humor to help people better understand themselves and reach their full potential. Ericka works with children, adolescents, and adults ages 4–50 who may be navigating big emotions
Finding the right therapist is a lot like dating — not everyone you meet will be “the one,” and that’s okay. One of the biggest factors in successful therapy is the relationship between the client and therapist. Ericka is known for quickly building trust and rapport with clients from all walks of life, creating a space where people feel safe, supported, and understood.
Clients can expect a caring, energetic, and creative therapist who uses both science and humor to help people better understand themselves and reach their full potential. Ericka works with children, adolescents, and adults ages 4–50 who may be navigating big emotions
I combine therapy techniques like CBT, TF-CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy with movement and mindfulness practices to empower healing.
My ideal client is someone navigating identity struggles, mental health challenges, and a disconnect between mind and body. They may be apart of the LGBTQ+ community, males of all ages struggling with toxic masculinity or cultural expectations, or black dealing with trauma related to race or gender. These clients need a safe space to explore their identity, heal from past trauma, and gain emotional clarity. They seek practical tools for managing emotions, improving relationships, and reconnecting with themselves. Their goal is to overcome shame, build self-confidence, and foster healthier relationships—starting with themselves.
I combine therapy techniques like CBT, TF-CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy with movement and mindfulness practices to empower healing.
My ideal client is someone navigating identity struggles, mental health challenges, and a disconnect between mind and body. They may be apart of the LGBTQ+ community, males of all ages struggling with toxic masculinity or cultural expectations, or black dealing with trauma related to race or gender. These clients need a safe space to explore their identity, heal from past trauma, and gain emotional clarity. They seek practical tools for managing emotions, improving relationships, and reconnecting with themselves. Their goal is to overcome shame, build self-confidence, and foster healthier relationships—starting with themselves.
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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.
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.