Dance Movement Therapy in Clark County, WA
Emily East Cram
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Vancouver, WA 98663
Waitlist for new clients
I recently completed training for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) an evidence-based therapy for PTSD, and am currently completing consultation hours to ensure my fidelity and outcome measures for effectiveness of treatment.
An ideal client would be a person who is ready to work through the patterns and issues that keep getting in the way of satisfaction and wellness in life. My work with clients is focused on an individual’s strength while helping them to develop an understanding of their past and present, their inner beliefs and resulting underlying issues. I strive to provide clients with a safe, supportive and caring environment in which to explore their personal issues.
I recently completed training for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) an evidence-based therapy for PTSD, and am currently completing consultation hours to ensure my fidelity and outcome measures for effectiveness of treatment.
An ideal client would be a person who is ready to work through the patterns and issues that keep getting in the way of satisfaction and wellness in life. My work with clients is focused on an individual’s strength while helping them to develop an understanding of their past and present, their inner beliefs and resulting underlying issues. I strive to provide clients with a safe, supportive and caring environment in which to explore their personal issues.
Benjamin Rucker
Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Vancouver, WA 98661 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Are you looking to feel heard and understood to take your next step toward feeling better? I can support you in your healing process. I have experience working with adults, teens, tweens, and children who were overcoming anxiety, ADHD (I have a fun and unique approach with kids), depression, trauma/PTSD symptoms, addiction, post-concussive syndrome (TBI), and disruptive life events (divorce or loss). Since graduating high school in 1995, I have been actively engaged in personal growth including emotional healing, art therapy, and movement therapies in order to overcome my own Adverse Childhood Experiences (childhood traumas).
Are you looking to feel heard and understood to take your next step toward feeling better? I can support you in your healing process. I have experience working with adults, teens, tweens, and children who were overcoming anxiety, ADHD (I have a fun and unique approach with kids), depression, trauma/PTSD symptoms, addiction, post-concussive syndrome (TBI), and disruptive life events (divorce or loss). Since graduating high school in 1995, I have been actively engaged in personal growth including emotional healing, art therapy, and movement therapies in order to overcome my own Adverse Childhood Experiences (childhood traumas).
Nimuë, PLLC - Conscious Collaborative Counseling
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Vancouver, WA 98662
Cruz who goes by the nick name of Nimuë (pronounced Nim-way), is a LMHC, Expressive Arts Therapist, Movement Psychotherapist and Reiki Master Teacher.
I am an LGBTQIA+ provider and love working with adults who are ready to dig deep and make healthy changes to live their best lives. Whether you are LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) or Empath, or label yourself as "outside the box" I am ready to help you see your beautiful strengths and empower you with the tools to help change unhealthy patterns in order to create your best life. Clients that have sought my services have reported that I was helpful in processing their trauma, identifying self-sabotaging behaviors, moving thru grief, re-inventing themselves post divorce or in simply learning how to live in the Now.
Cruz who goes by the nick name of Nimuë (pronounced Nim-way), is a LMHC, Expressive Arts Therapist, Movement Psychotherapist and Reiki Master Teacher.
I am an LGBTQIA+ provider and love working with adults who are ready to dig deep and make healthy changes to live their best lives. Whether you are LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) or Empath, or label yourself as "outside the box" I am ready to help you see your beautiful strengths and empower you with the tools to help change unhealthy patterns in order to create your best life. Clients that have sought my services have reported that I was helpful in processing their trauma, identifying self-sabotaging behaviors, moving thru grief, re-inventing themselves post divorce or in simply learning how to live in the Now.
Terra Anderson
LPC Intern, MA, R-DMT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, WA 98660
My approach to therapy explores how movement, sensations, and breath are gateways to understanding your needs, desires, clear communication, and most importantly, embodied consent.
So... you want more ease, confidence and connection in your intimate relationships? You want to feel more awake to pleasure, present in your body, and clear about what you want and how to ask for it. Are you ready find more freedom in your sex life without feeling weighed down by shame, fear, or the past? If you're looking for a queer, trans, poly-experienced, kink-affirming, and somatically-oriented counselor to help you navigate the hard stuff on your path towards your most empowered sexual expression - I'm here for you.
My approach to therapy explores how movement, sensations, and breath are gateways to understanding your needs, desires, clear communication, and most importantly, embodied consent.
So... you want more ease, confidence and connection in your intimate relationships? You want to feel more awake to pleasure, present in your body, and clear about what you want and how to ask for it. Are you ready find more freedom in your sex life without feeling weighed down by shame, fear, or the past? If you're looking for a queer, trans, poly-experienced, kink-affirming, and somatically-oriented counselor to help you navigate the hard stuff on your path towards your most empowered sexual expression - I'm here for you.
Vancouver Wellness Studio
Counselor, LICSW, LMHC
Verified Verified
Vancouver, WA 98660
Accepting new clients! We believe that tending to your mental health is just as important as your physical health. We have a team of Mental Health professionals at Vancouver Wellness Studio who have different types of expertise to meet your needs. Our therapists use a Trauma-focused, Holistic, Collaborative, and Client-centered approach, and are able to provide clients with a different experience in therapy including Mindfulness, EMDR Trauma therapy, and Somatic Therapy.
Accepting new clients! We believe that tending to your mental health is just as important as your physical health. We have a team of Mental Health professionals at Vancouver Wellness Studio who have different types of expertise to meet your needs. Our therapists use a Trauma-focused, Holistic, Collaborative, and Client-centered approach, and are able to provide clients with a different experience in therapy including Mindfulness, EMDR Trauma therapy, and Somatic Therapy.
Peter Gold Phd
Counselor, PhD, LMHC, LPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Vancouver, WA 98663 (Online Only)
People come to me usually for one of two reasons: (1) things are going well but they want to grow and evolve, (2) things are hard because of a past traumatic experience or a current situation, and healing and change is needed. Symptoms often include anxiety, depression, issues related to trauma, anger, grief and relationship issues. I work from a depth psychological perspective which means that I address the cause of symptoms as much as the symptoms themselves.
People come to me usually for one of two reasons: (1) things are going well but they want to grow and evolve, (2) things are hard because of a past traumatic experience or a current situation, and healing and change is needed. Symptoms often include anxiety, depression, issues related to trauma, anger, grief and relationship issues. I work from a depth psychological perspective which means that I address the cause of symptoms as much as the symptoms themselves.
Release Counseling, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, SUDP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, WA 98660
Entering mental health and/or addictions recovery is a significant life transition, whether you are taking this on for yourself or supporting a loved one. I can offer you support in conjunction with your work in a self-help group, during or following treatment, or even to help you deepen your recovery beyond abstinence and/or medication management. When someone struggles with mental health and/or substance abuse, it can affect their friends and families too (even after they get help and/or when entering recovery). I can help loved ones who are seeking therapy for themselves so they get the support they need.
Entering mental health and/or addictions recovery is a significant life transition, whether you are taking this on for yourself or supporting a loved one. I can offer you support in conjunction with your work in a self-help group, during or following treatment, or even to help you deepen your recovery beyond abstinence and/or medication management. When someone struggles with mental health and/or substance abuse, it can affect their friends and families too (even after they get help and/or when entering recovery). I can help loved ones who are seeking therapy for themselves so they get the support they need.
Elisabeth Ramsey
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, WA 98660
As a compassionate and dedicated mental health counselor, I firmly believe in the profound impact of play and trust in the therapeutic process. My professional journey has led me to develop expertise in working with at-risk populations, including homeless individuals and families. I am also skilled in mentoring and providing outreach services to middle school girls. As a mental health counselor, my focus lies in play therapy, developmental psychology, and alcohol and substance dependence treatment.
As a compassionate and dedicated mental health counselor, I firmly believe in the profound impact of play and trust in the therapeutic process. My professional journey has led me to develop expertise in working with at-risk populations, including homeless individuals and families. I am also skilled in mentoring and providing outreach services to middle school girls. As a mental health counselor, my focus lies in play therapy, developmental psychology, and alcohol and substance dependence treatment.
Karyn Andriesen
Counselor, MA, LMHCA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Vancouver, WA 98660 (Online Only)
Sometimes in life we all need a “companion on the journey,” someone to partner with us and help make sense of our experience, ease our pain, and support our goals. As a therapist, I am committed to providing a safe environment where individuals can identify their strengths, recognize unhelpful patterns, and live into their goals. Working from an integrative, client-centered approach, I seek to support individuals wherever they are on their journey and my approach is holistic, collaborative, and non-judgmental. I value cultural humility and look forward to working with people of all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life.
Sometimes in life we all need a “companion on the journey,” someone to partner with us and help make sense of our experience, ease our pain, and support our goals. As a therapist, I am committed to providing a safe environment where individuals can identify their strengths, recognize unhelpful patterns, and live into their goals. Working from an integrative, client-centered approach, I seek to support individuals wherever they are on their journey and my approach is holistic, collaborative, and non-judgmental. I value cultural humility and look forward to working with people of all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life.
Online Therapists
Dani Patrick
Counselor, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98501 (Online Only)
If you want, we can dive into art, movement, music, writing, or role-playing to explore your experience and imagine the future you want.
Accepting clients as of 4/19/24. Whether you’re queer, transgender, non-binary, neurodivergent, non-monogamous, or kinky, you deserve a therapist who gets you. Maybe stress or past trauma has impacted how you show up to life or relationships. Maybe creativity plays a big role in your life but self doubt always creeps in when you try to create. Maybe despite external success, you still struggle to feel good about yourself. As a therapist, I work to support you in bringing curiosity and compassion towards yourself. Together we can unpack your experience, develop deeper self-understanding, shift patterns that no longer work for you.
If you want, we can dive into art, movement, music, writing, or role-playing to explore your experience and imagine the future you want.
Accepting clients as of 4/19/24. Whether you’re queer, transgender, non-binary, neurodivergent, non-monogamous, or kinky, you deserve a therapist who gets you. Maybe stress or past trauma has impacted how you show up to life or relationships. Maybe creativity plays a big role in your life but self doubt always creeps in when you try to create. Maybe despite external success, you still struggle to feel good about yourself. As a therapist, I work to support you in bringing curiosity and compassion towards yourself. Together we can unpack your experience, develop deeper self-understanding, shift patterns that no longer work for you.
Karen Kirsch
Counselor, MA, RSMT, CMA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98512
I work within the modality of Somatic Movement Therapy and practice from the premise that body experience and movement hold a unique role in understanding and transforming human behavior. Sessions develop by directing clients awareness to sensation, impulse, movement and/or emotion in order to support physiological and neurological process. The pace and direction of this work is client led through verbal and nonverbal feedback. This approach is founded in developmental therapy, interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory.
I work within the modality of Somatic Movement Therapy and practice from the premise that body experience and movement hold a unique role in understanding and transforming human behavior. Sessions develop by directing clients awareness to sensation, impulse, movement and/or emotion in order to support physiological and neurological process. The pace and direction of this work is client led through verbal and nonverbal feedback. This approach is founded in developmental therapy, interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory.
Joy Cromwell
Counselor, LMHC, LCPC, NCC, C-DBT, CCTP
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98507 (Online Only)
I use a combination of expressive arts, Internal Family Systems, and other evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (using eye movement reprocessing similar to EMDR) to process trauma and combat symptoms of depression and anxiety.
I am a creative by heart, and a counselor by trade. It is my pleasure to hold space for people as they seek to get to know themselves better and learn how to best solve their own problems. I am a firm believer that deep down, people know what is right for them, and they know how to solve their own problems. My job as a counselor is to help you remove the layers of cultural conditioning, negative self-talk, trauma memories, and more to help you get reconnected with your self. My goal is to stand beside you as we examine barriers, explore possibilities, and help you find your inner strength to fight any battles that come your way.
I use a combination of expressive arts, Internal Family Systems, and other evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (using eye movement reprocessing similar to EMDR) to process trauma and combat symptoms of depression and anxiety.
I am a creative by heart, and a counselor by trade. It is my pleasure to hold space for people as they seek to get to know themselves better and learn how to best solve their own problems. I am a firm believer that deep down, people know what is right for them, and they know how to solve their own problems. My job as a counselor is to help you remove the layers of cultural conditioning, negative self-talk, trauma memories, and more to help you get reconnected with your self. My goal is to stand beside you as we examine barriers, explore possibilities, and help you find your inner strength to fight any battles that come your way.
Brandy Leigh Kmetz
Counselor, LMHC, ATR
Verified Verified
Kelso, WA 98626 (Online Only)
Bringing hope through creative endeavors is my passion. Empowering others to discover their own passion through creativity is my practice. My approach is person centered, humanistic, solution focused with inclusion of the mind, body and spirit. I believe expression through the arts lightens our soul, promotes wellness and strengthens our ability to manage emotional stressors while improving relationships. Explore how expressive art activities can provide insight into long held beliefs and allow personal growth in mindset and health. Express creatively, authenticity without judgement or expectations.
Bringing hope through creative endeavors is my passion. Empowering others to discover their own passion through creativity is my practice. My approach is person centered, humanistic, solution focused with inclusion of the mind, body and spirit. I believe expression through the arts lightens our soul, promotes wellness and strengthens our ability to manage emotional stressors while improving relationships. Explore how expressive art activities can provide insight into long held beliefs and allow personal growth in mindset and health. Express creatively, authenticity without judgement or expectations.
Reshma H Lancaster
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98502
I am driven to help you lead the life you are yearning for. Many of us can feel stuck and overwhelmed with life’s challenges but you are not alone in your journey to making a healthy change. I have over 7 years of experience working with children, teens, families, couples, and adult individuals in reaching their mental health goals. I help people overcome their fears, manage anxiety, cope with depression, and improve their relationships with others. I am a strengths-based therapist who believes in meeting each client where they are and individualizing treatment to meet everyone’s unique needs.
I am driven to help you lead the life you are yearning for. Many of us can feel stuck and overwhelmed with life’s challenges but you are not alone in your journey to making a healthy change. I have over 7 years of experience working with children, teens, families, couples, and adult individuals in reaching their mental health goals. I help people overcome their fears, manage anxiety, cope with depression, and improve their relationships with others. I am a strengths-based therapist who believes in meeting each client where they are and individualizing treatment to meet everyone’s unique needs.
Terrilee (Terri) Ann Dalton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, CADC
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98501
I believe in empowering people to reach their full potential by providing services that are strengths-based, practical, holistic, and focused on promoting long lasting change. I work using a style of fostering trust and authenticity,starting where people want and ending when people feel their life and issues have changed and their happiness enhanced. I believe the relationship in counseling is the core issue in treatment. This is particularly important in working with children and adolescents where no work could be done without building a warm, honest, and caring connection. I believe healing comes through the mind, body, spirit connection.
I believe in empowering people to reach their full potential by providing services that are strengths-based, practical, holistic, and focused on promoting long lasting change. I work using a style of fostering trust and authenticity,starting where people want and ending when people feel their life and issues have changed and their happiness enhanced. I believe the relationship in counseling is the core issue in treatment. This is particularly important in working with children and adolescents where no work could be done without building a warm, honest, and caring connection. I believe healing comes through the mind, body, spirit connection.
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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.