Dance Movement Therapy in Greeley, CO

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Alyssa Zepeda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Alyssa Zepeda is a bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked diligently to assist children, adults, and families in her community since 2012. She is passionate about empowering and supporting others through the use of evidence-based integrative, and creative approaches. It is extremely important for Alyssa to support clients in not only feeling safe and empowered but to also experience the therapeutic power of nurturing one’s body, mind, and soul. Alyssa also provides supervision to pre-licensed LCSWs and LPCs. She is currently contracted by SALT Wellness Group, PLLC, located in Colorado.
Alyssa Zepeda is a bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked diligently to assist children, adults, and families in her community since 2012. She is passionate about empowering and supporting others through the use of evidence-based integrative, and creative approaches. It is extremely important for Alyssa to support clients in not only feeling safe and empowered but to also experience the therapeutic power of nurturing one’s body, mind, and soul. Alyssa also provides supervision to pre-licensed LCSWs and LPCs. She is currently contracted by SALT Wellness Group, PLLC, located in Colorado.
(970) 465-8909 View (970) 465-8909
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SALT Wellness Group PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
1 Endorsed
Greeley, CO 80631
Hello! (: SALT - Spirit, Authenticity, Love, Trust- is geared towards becoming the best version of you.. your child.. your family.. your life! Our clinicians utilize individual therapy, parent-child interaction, couples therapy, group therapy, youth and teen therapy, prenatal counseling and much more! We are experienced in anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, life transitions, grief and loss, stress management and most challenges you may be facing. Our clinicians are adept in EMDR, CBT, DBT, IFS, somatic therapy, and many others. We also offer sessions in Spanish.
Hello! (: SALT - Spirit, Authenticity, Love, Trust- is geared towards becoming the best version of you.. your child.. your family.. your life! Our clinicians utilize individual therapy, parent-child interaction, couples therapy, group therapy, youth and teen therapy, prenatal counseling and much more! We are experienced in anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, life transitions, grief and loss, stress management and most challenges you may be facing. Our clinicians are adept in EMDR, CBT, DBT, IFS, somatic therapy, and many others. We also offer sessions in Spanish.
(719) 451-7574 View (719) 451-7574
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Gabrielle Larson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
10 Endorsed
Greeley, CO 80634
You might be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. For some, that looks like anxiety that won’t quiet down, stress that feels constant, or emotions that are hard to manage. For others, it shows up in their child, behavior changes, school struggles, or emotional ups and downs that leave you feeling worried and unsure how to help. Whether you’re reaching out for yourself or your child, it often starts with the sense that something isn’t working and it’s time for support.
You might be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. For some, that looks like anxiety that won’t quiet down, stress that feels constant, or emotions that are hard to manage. For others, it shows up in their child, behavior changes, school struggles, or emotional ups and downs that leave you feeling worried and unsure how to help. Whether you’re reaching out for yourself or your child, it often starts with the sense that something isn’t working and it’s time for support.
(970) 542-7753 View (970) 542-7753
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Jennifer Pries
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
My name is Jenn Pries, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and have been practicing since 2011 in Colorado. I work with adults to set obtainable goals to be tailored to them utilizing a wide range of interventions and tools. I work with adults of all ages to navigate through life challenges and transitions. Many of the clients I see struggle with life changes/milestones, relationships, boundaries, anxiety, depression or ADHD. My aim is to provide support in developing new coping strategies and skills to navigate challenges that match client goals and skills.
My name is Jenn Pries, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and have been practicing since 2011 in Colorado. I work with adults to set obtainable goals to be tailored to them utilizing a wide range of interventions and tools. I work with adults of all ages to navigate through life challenges and transitions. Many of the clients I see struggle with life changes/milestones, relationships, boundaries, anxiety, depression or ADHD. My aim is to provide support in developing new coping strategies and skills to navigate challenges that match client goals and skills.
(303) 536-5843 View (303) 536-5843
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Rowena Baca
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
If you’ve tried talking things through but still feel anxious, irritable, or shut down, your nervous system may be asking for a different kind of support. Trauma, stress, and chronic overwhelm live in the nervous system - and healing often requires more than insight alone. As a somatic psychotherapist, I specialize in body-based psychotherapy for anxiety, depression, and trauma, helping clients learn how to regulate their nervous systems and reconnect with a sense of safety and aliveness. This work is well-suited for clients who are ready to invest in personalized, depth-oriented therapy, and prioritize their emotional health.
If you’ve tried talking things through but still feel anxious, irritable, or shut down, your nervous system may be asking for a different kind of support. Trauma, stress, and chronic overwhelm live in the nervous system - and healing often requires more than insight alone. As a somatic psychotherapist, I specialize in body-based psychotherapy for anxiety, depression, and trauma, helping clients learn how to regulate their nervous systems and reconnect with a sense of safety and aliveness. This work is well-suited for clients who are ready to invest in personalized, depth-oriented therapy, and prioritize their emotional health.
(720) 310-3590 View (720) 310-3590
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Nicol Marie McGough
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT, CCFP
Serves Area
Hello, I’m Nicol. I've been working as a professional counselor and body-mind psychotherapist for over 35 years. I believe in creating a safe, supportive environment where we can explore the areas of your life that aren't working and where you're feeling stuck. Through strengths and evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I will help you gently move into greater vitality and health, harmony and satisfaction in your life. It is an honor and a privilege for me to support you to move from challenge into ease and fulfillment.
Hello, I’m Nicol. I've been working as a professional counselor and body-mind psychotherapist for over 35 years. I believe in creating a safe, supportive environment where we can explore the areas of your life that aren't working and where you're feeling stuck. Through strengths and evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I will help you gently move into greater vitality and health, harmony and satisfaction in your life. It is an honor and a privilege for me to support you to move from challenge into ease and fulfillment.
(866) 845-4397 View (866) 845-4397

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Denise Barnes
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, REV
Online Only
I specialize in working with sensitive, high-achieving adults—often midlife women—who are ready for real change in both their inner world and their work. You may be feeling anxious, exhausted, stuck in familiar patterns, or quietly disconnected from your confidence, purpose, or joy. You’re thoughtful, capable, and self-aware—and you know it’s time for something to shift. My approach is practical, body-aware, and trauma-informed. In our sessions, I offer tools that go beyond talking alone, sharing tools to calm the nervous system, and create meaningful change. Clients leave sessions feeling clearer, steadier, and more resourced.
I specialize in working with sensitive, high-achieving adults—often midlife women—who are ready for real change in both their inner world and their work. You may be feeling anxious, exhausted, stuck in familiar patterns, or quietly disconnected from your confidence, purpose, or joy. You’re thoughtful, capable, and self-aware—and you know it’s time for something to shift. My approach is practical, body-aware, and trauma-informed. In our sessions, I offer tools that go beyond talking alone, sharing tools to calm the nervous system, and create meaningful change. Clients leave sessions feeling clearer, steadier, and more resourced.
(720) 605-6426 View (720) 605-6426
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Marci Davis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA
Longmont, CO 80504
My clients want to become their best selves. To work with their issues directly to enable themselves to be fully present and expressed in the world. I want clients who want to know how they themselves work. I love to use psycho-education to help the client be their own best advocate for themselves.
My clients want to become their best selves. To work with their issues directly to enable themselves to be fully present and expressed in the world. I want clients who want to know how they themselves work. I love to use psycho-education to help the client be their own best advocate for themselves.
(303) 854-7274 View (303) 854-7274
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Annemarie Carzoli
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, SEP
5 Endorsed
Serves Area
There is hope. Feeling stuck, pain, or discomfort is a natural part of being human, but the pain doesn't have to control your daily life. The challenges you face may stem from trauma, depression, anxiety, or the struggle to make a relationship succeed. I am a body-centered psychotherapist interested in your well-being and in helping you understand the source of your pain. I would like to get to know you and provide a space where you can show up just as you are; where transformation and healing can take place. Together we will help you embody your strengths and internal wisdom to break unhealthy patterns and help you move forward.
There is hope. Feeling stuck, pain, or discomfort is a natural part of being human, but the pain doesn't have to control your daily life. The challenges you face may stem from trauma, depression, anxiety, or the struggle to make a relationship succeed. I am a body-centered psychotherapist interested in your well-being and in helping you understand the source of your pain. I would like to get to know you and provide a space where you can show up just as you are; where transformation and healing can take place. Together we will help you embody your strengths and internal wisdom to break unhealthy patterns and help you move forward.
(720) 580-4876 View (720) 580-4876
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Jill Leversee
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
My MA focuses were in body psychotherapy and dance movement therapy and I have additional training in trauma informed therapy.
Are you living a life that looks right on the outside, but feels off on the inside? Are you longing for meaning and clarity? I’m Jill, a somatic therapist specializing in supporting those who are overwhelmed by expectations, internal and external, and are ready to start listening to their voice more clearly. I offer somatic therapy that is soulful and trauma-informed. I am here to support your healing journey by cultivating connection with the body, supporting the nervous system, and above all, honoring your own inner knowing. I believe therapy isn’t about changing who you are, it’s about deepening your relationship with yourself.
My MA focuses were in body psychotherapy and dance movement therapy and I have additional training in trauma informed therapy.
Are you living a life that looks right on the outside, but feels off on the inside? Are you longing for meaning and clarity? I’m Jill, a somatic therapist specializing in supporting those who are overwhelmed by expectations, internal and external, and are ready to start listening to their voice more clearly. I offer somatic therapy that is soulful and trauma-informed. I am here to support your healing journey by cultivating connection with the body, supporting the nervous system, and above all, honoring your own inner knowing. I believe therapy isn’t about changing who you are, it’s about deepening your relationship with yourself.
(720) 307-6824 View (720) 307-6824
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Julian Royce
Counselor, MA, LPC, MI
5 Endorsed
Serves Area
If you’re reading this, something in your life isn’t working the way you want it to. Maybe you feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck repeating the same patterns despite your best efforts. Maybe you’ve done a lot of personal growth work but still feel like something deeper hasn’t shifted. You don’t have to navigate this alone. I help adults move out of survival mode and into a more grounded, confident, and meaningful way of living. My clients are often high-functioning on the outside while quietly carrying stress, trauma, self-doubt, or burnout on the inside.
If you’re reading this, something in your life isn’t working the way you want it to. Maybe you feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck repeating the same patterns despite your best efforts. Maybe you’ve done a lot of personal growth work but still feel like something deeper hasn’t shifted. You don’t have to navigate this alone. I help adults move out of survival mode and into a more grounded, confident, and meaningful way of living. My clients are often high-functioning on the outside while quietly carrying stress, trauma, self-doubt, or burnout on the inside.
(720) 897-0839 View (720) 897-0839
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Patti Ashley
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Serves Area
Are anxious or depressed? Are you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted with parenting and family life? Have you experienced a loss of some kind? A loved one, a job, a home, your health, or any other loss. Telling your story can help you move through the pain and suffering to get to the other side.
Are anxious or depressed? Are you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted with parenting and family life? Have you experienced a loss of some kind? A loved one, a job, a home, your health, or any other loss. Telling your story can help you move through the pain and suffering to get to the other side.
(720) 307-1256 View (720) 307-1256
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Molly A. Berrios
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, BC-DMT, CT
Online Only
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board-Certified Dance/ Movement Therapist, and currently serve as the Director of Continuing Education for the American Dance Therapy Association.
Depth work invites clients to explore the conscious and unconscious layers of the self, uncovering the roots of long-held patterns such as perfectionism, people-pleasing, and anxiety. Molly also specializes in grief and loss, including disenfranchised grief and non-death-related loss such as identity shifts, relationship changes, and major life transitions.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board-Certified Dance/ Movement Therapist, and currently serve as the Director of Continuing Education for the American Dance Therapy Association.
Depth work invites clients to explore the conscious and unconscious layers of the self, uncovering the roots of long-held patterns such as perfectionism, people-pleasing, and anxiety. Molly also specializes in grief and loss, including disenfranchised grief and non-death-related loss such as identity shifts, relationship changes, and major life transitions.
(720) 613-6614 View (720) 613-6614
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Mari Reisberg
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
4 Endorsed
Online Only
When life throws a curve you didn’t see coming, you have a choice: stay stuck, or yell “plot twist!” and write a new chapter. I’m so glad you’re here at Courage to Create Counseling. Right now, you might be navigating a major life transition—leaving a difficult relationship or job, starting a new adventure, setting boundaries for the first time, or rediscovering who you are after years of putting everyone else first. Some clients come to meet themselves for the first time. Others come because they feel lost. I am here with a compassionate heart, non-judgemental space and creative passion to help you create the life you want.
When life throws a curve you didn’t see coming, you have a choice: stay stuck, or yell “plot twist!” and write a new chapter. I’m so glad you’re here at Courage to Create Counseling. Right now, you might be navigating a major life transition—leaving a difficult relationship or job, starting a new adventure, setting boundaries for the first time, or rediscovering who you are after years of putting everyone else first. Some clients come to meet themselves for the first time. Others come because they feel lost. I am here with a compassionate heart, non-judgemental space and creative passion to help you create the life you want.
(720) 649-4887 View (720) 649-4887
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Griffin Jensen & GJ Counseling LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Online Only
By Griffin gently bringing attention to internal sensations, emotions, movement, and thoughts clients are able to turn towards their most genuine, creative, empowered, compassionate and resilient selves.
As a white, non-binary, genderqueer, neurodiverse, somatic-based counselor, Griffin utilizes a wholistic approach in providing counseling services. Through a client-centered, trauma-informed, social justice perspective, Griffin takes into account the larger systems at play for each client and relationship configuration.
By Griffin gently bringing attention to internal sensations, emotions, movement, and thoughts clients are able to turn towards their most genuine, creative, empowered, compassionate and resilient selves.
As a white, non-binary, genderqueer, neurodiverse, somatic-based counselor, Griffin utilizes a wholistic approach in providing counseling services. Through a client-centered, trauma-informed, social justice perspective, Griffin takes into account the larger systems at play for each client and relationship configuration.
(720) 637-3562 View (720) 637-3562
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Heartseed Health
Unlicensed Psychotherapist, MA, R-DMT
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Reaching out can be insanely difficult and vulnerable at times, I get it. Come in, have some tea, see if the connection feels right for you. I'm here to offer my heart, love, guidance, resources and a safe cozy space for sharing and moving through what may be stuck or needing extra attention. I am here to wade through the gunk with you and also to help you see through and beyond it. At times that means I might direct and re-direct you away from the story, away from the chatter and the thoughts and into your body, connecting with your nervous system, with your sensations, with your authentic self.
Reaching out can be insanely difficult and vulnerable at times, I get it. Come in, have some tea, see if the connection feels right for you. I'm here to offer my heart, love, guidance, resources and a safe cozy space for sharing and moving through what may be stuck or needing extra attention. I am here to wade through the gunk with you and also to help you see through and beyond it. At times that means I might direct and re-direct you away from the story, away from the chatter and the thoughts and into your body, connecting with your nervous system, with your sensations, with your authentic self.
(720) 897-5308 View (720) 897-5308
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Ty Tedmon-Jones, PhD; Somatic Revelations, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LCAT, BC-DMT
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Somatic Revelations, LLC offers psychotherapy and dance/ movement therapy services specializing in the following areas: play and movement-based therapy with children and families & individual psychotherapy (verbal and Creative Arts Therapy) with teens, adults, retirees, & couples, program & private clinical consultation for mental health professionals.
Are you serious about creating change in your life? Let me be a support to your goals! My integrative approach provides a client-centered and supportive environment where my clients learn skills, process trauma, and create change. My work draws from numerous psychological and counseling theories including: existential-humanistic theory, psychodynamic theories and practice, object-relations, systems theories, DBT and CBT. My approach to counseling and psychotherapy is a collaborative process. To make the changes you desire, we will work together as a team and I will encourage you to give me feedback about our work together.
Somatic Revelations, LLC offers psychotherapy and dance/ movement therapy services specializing in the following areas: play and movement-based therapy with children and families & individual psychotherapy (verbal and Creative Arts Therapy) with teens, adults, retirees, & couples, program & private clinical consultation for mental health professionals.
Are you serious about creating change in your life? Let me be a support to your goals! My integrative approach provides a client-centered and supportive environment where my clients learn skills, process trauma, and create change. My work draws from numerous psychological and counseling theories including: existential-humanistic theory, psychodynamic theories and practice, object-relations, systems theories, DBT and CBT. My approach to counseling and psychotherapy is a collaborative process. To make the changes you desire, we will work together as a team and I will encourage you to give me feedback about our work together.
(307) 522-1812 View (307) 522-1812
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Megan Brosh
Counselor, LAC, LPCC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
If you’re feeling lost, wrestling with anxiety, depression, or working through trauma, know that you’re not alone. Imagine a space where your pain is heard, where your journey towards clarity and healing is met with understanding and compassion. If you’re ready to step into a new chapter of self-discovery and growth, supported by someone who genuinely cares about your well-being, let’s take that first step together!
If you’re feeling lost, wrestling with anxiety, depression, or working through trauma, know that you’re not alone. Imagine a space where your pain is heard, where your journey towards clarity and healing is met with understanding and compassion. If you’re ready to step into a new chapter of self-discovery and growth, supported by someone who genuinely cares about your well-being, let’s take that first step together!
(970) 680-0944 View (970) 680-0944
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Zelda Fey
Counselor, LPC, MA, CPC
2 Endorsed
Online Only
After experiencing trauma, it can feel like your sense of self is fragmented or broken. It can be exhausting, trying to move on with your life while carrying the burden of what has happened to you. I specialize in working with fellow neuroqueer mystics in healing from trauma and embracing their unique gifts so that they can live a life that feels meaningful and whole. In addition to healing from trauma, I support folks in building actionable skills that support resilience and growth, as well as nurturing a curious and courageous space for identity development involving themes of gender, sexuality, social justice and spirituality.
After experiencing trauma, it can feel like your sense of self is fragmented or broken. It can be exhausting, trying to move on with your life while carrying the burden of what has happened to you. I specialize in working with fellow neuroqueer mystics in healing from trauma and embracing their unique gifts so that they can live a life that feels meaningful and whole. In addition to healing from trauma, I support folks in building actionable skills that support resilience and growth, as well as nurturing a curious and courageous space for identity development involving themes of gender, sexuality, social justice and spirituality.
(720) 712-3687 View (720) 712-3687
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Taya J Matoy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSPT, CCEAT, CDMT, MAC
Online Only
Sometimes we lose our way on our journey. We create false narratives and forget who we are and the strengths we have. You are not alone. No Hero's Journey is complete without trusted individuals to help along the way. Healing incorporates genuine caring, and reality gently reflected back to you in a compassionate and loving way, so that self compassion can become a part of your inner landscape. The greatest love affair you will have in your lifetime is with yourself. All other relationships are born from this. How you love yourself is how you love others. I look forward to helping you discover yourself.
Sometimes we lose our way on our journey. We create false narratives and forget who we are and the strengths we have. You are not alone. No Hero's Journey is complete without trusted individuals to help along the way. Healing incorporates genuine caring, and reality gently reflected back to you in a compassionate and loving way, so that self compassion can become a part of your inner landscape. The greatest love affair you will have in your lifetime is with yourself. All other relationships are born from this. How you love yourself is how you love others. I look forward to helping you discover yourself.
(970) 341-2147 View (970) 341-2147

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Dance Movement Therapy
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.