Dance Movement Therapy in Baltimore, MD
I have experience in all sectors including, but not limited to, trauma-informed therapy, career counseling, family & couples therapy, and expressive art therapy (art, music, dance, etc
Welcome to a space of acceptance, understanding, and empowerment.
I am Slade, a dedicated Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. I specialize in offering a safe and affirming therapeutic space for individuals, with a concentration on individuals within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and Black and/or Indigenous people of color. My approach is rooted in respect, empathy, and an understanding of the unique challenges faced by the community.
I have experience in all sectors including, but not limited to, trauma-informed therapy, career counseling, family & couples therapy, and expressive art therapy (art, music, dance, etc
Welcome to a space of acceptance, understanding, and empowerment.
I am Slade, a dedicated Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. I specialize in offering a safe and affirming therapeutic space for individuals, with a concentration on individuals within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and Black and/or Indigenous people of color. My approach is rooted in respect, empathy, and an understanding of the unique challenges faced by the community.
Clients who benefit from working with me are navigating complex intersections of identity, trauma, and societal pressures. They seek a therapist who understands marginalization and offers holistic healing. They aim to cultivate radical self-love while dismantling internalized oppression. They desire practical tools for nervous system regulation, strategies for navigating systemic barriers, and a safe space to explore their full identity. They're ready to embrace their power, viewing healing as both personal and political.
Clients who benefit from working with me are navigating complex intersections of identity, trauma, and societal pressures. They seek a therapist who understands marginalization and offers holistic healing. They aim to cultivate radical self-love while dismantling internalized oppression. They desire practical tools for nervous system regulation, strategies for navigating systemic barriers, and a safe space to explore their full identity. They're ready to embrace their power, viewing healing as both personal and political.
My approach is warm and inviting. I am client-centered and passionate about helping you to get "un stuck" and discover a path forward in alignment with your heart's longing. I offer a non-judgmental, warm, and inviting space for you to get curious about your life, your decisions, your pain, and old patterns of living that no longer serve you. I believe that often we have to go towards our pain in order to find clarity, resolution, awareness, and healing.
My approach is warm and inviting. I am client-centered and passionate about helping you to get "un stuck" and discover a path forward in alignment with your heart's longing. I offer a non-judgmental, warm, and inviting space for you to get curious about your life, your decisions, your pain, and old patterns of living that no longer serve you. I believe that often we have to go towards our pain in order to find clarity, resolution, awareness, and healing.
You may be starting, re-starting, or thinking about your therapy journey. In this moment everything may not be all figured out, or you may not feel fully ready and I want you to know that is okay.
I am passionate about walking alongside clients as they work on prioritizing themselves, their mental health or emotional wellness goals.
My work focuses on developing skills to manage anxiety, improve self-esteem & confidence, build healthy relationships & feel satisfied in dating, or process experiences related to racism, workplace discrimination, and oppression based trauma. My work strongly focuses on Black mental health and wellness.
You may be starting, re-starting, or thinking about your therapy journey. In this moment everything may not be all figured out, or you may not feel fully ready and I want you to know that is okay.
I am passionate about walking alongside clients as they work on prioritizing themselves, their mental health or emotional wellness goals.
My work focuses on developing skills to manage anxiety, improve self-esteem & confidence, build healthy relationships & feel satisfied in dating, or process experiences related to racism, workplace discrimination, and oppression based trauma. My work strongly focuses on Black mental health and wellness.
The BGH Clinic For Women's Health Provides a safe space for women of color to not only heal their mind, but their body. We believe that their is strong connection between your mental health and gut health! Therefore, our community - based program is specifically designed for functional recovery, social recovery, and mind and body wellness.
The BGH Clinic For Women's Health Provides a safe space for women of color to not only heal their mind, but their body. We believe that their is strong connection between your mental health and gut health! Therefore, our community - based program is specifically designed for functional recovery, social recovery, and mind and body wellness.
We explore identity, stress, and systemic influences while building practical strategies for balance and change, integrating somatic movement, humor, and creative expression.
I support people navigating life and career transitions, burnout, workplace stress, and questions of identity and purpose. Many feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of their next step. Together, we explore how your personal experiences and larger systems shape your story. Through a warm, collaborative, trauma-informed approach, I help you reconnect with your values, build resilience, and move forward with clarity and intention. I work under the direct supervision of Oprah Keyes Patterson at Authentic Resilience Counseling & Consulting (ARCC), a concierge full-service mental health and wellbeing practice.
We explore identity, stress, and systemic influences while building practical strategies for balance and change, integrating somatic movement, humor, and creative expression.
I support people navigating life and career transitions, burnout, workplace stress, and questions of identity and purpose. Many feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of their next step. Together, we explore how your personal experiences and larger systems shape your story. Through a warm, collaborative, trauma-informed approach, I help you reconnect with your values, build resilience, and move forward with clarity and intention. I work under the direct supervision of Oprah Keyes Patterson at Authentic Resilience Counseling & Consulting (ARCC), a concierge full-service mental health and wellbeing practice.
Some days you can handle it. The intrusive thoughts, the incessant worry, the crippling fear, the relentless anxiety, the mental anguish, and the sadness that leaves you feeling alone. Some days you make do; put your needs to the side, and you simply keep going. You are a warrior, relying on nothing but strength. But where's the balance in that? Are you ready... to make room for you, to heal, and to bring more balance to your life by adding an arsenal of new tools, skills and elevated thinking? We will work together to identify and address root causes of mental stress and develop strategies to promote holistic healing and balance.
Some days you can handle it. The intrusive thoughts, the incessant worry, the crippling fear, the relentless anxiety, the mental anguish, and the sadness that leaves you feeling alone. Some days you make do; put your needs to the side, and you simply keep going. You are a warrior, relying on nothing but strength. But where's the balance in that? Are you ready... to make room for you, to heal, and to bring more balance to your life by adding an arsenal of new tools, skills and elevated thinking? We will work together to identify and address root causes of mental stress and develop strategies to promote holistic healing and balance.
Trauma can leave you feeling defeated and disconnected from yourself and others. You want to keep everything from falling apart but it's getting harder and harder. Family and friends tell you to "be strong", but you're not sure if that's possible. Emotions are more intense than they've ever been and you're feeling overwhelmed, unsafe, scared, anxious and frustrated. You desperately want to share your feelings but fear no one will understand; you're feeling isolated and alone. Does this sound familiar?
Trauma can leave you feeling defeated and disconnected from yourself and others. You want to keep everything from falling apart but it's getting harder and harder. Family and friends tell you to "be strong", but you're not sure if that's possible. Emotions are more intense than they've ever been and you're feeling overwhelmed, unsafe, scared, anxious and frustrated. You desperately want to share your feelings but fear no one will understand; you're feeling isolated and alone. Does this sound familiar?
I hold sacred space for Black, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ENM, child-free, intuitive, empathic, and highly sensitive souls seeking deeper healing. You’re the strong one: always doing, always achieving; yet secretly exhausted. You’ve survived childhood and complex trauma, and your ability to overfunction helped you survive. But now, you're in cycles of anxiety, overwhelm, & negative self-talk because your nervous system never experienced what it's like to truly rest and feel like you're enough. But the time is now to come home to yourself. Together, we’ll work to calm your body, quiet the inner critic, and build a grounded sense of self.
I hold sacred space for Black, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ENM, child-free, intuitive, empathic, and highly sensitive souls seeking deeper healing. You’re the strong one: always doing, always achieving; yet secretly exhausted. You’ve survived childhood and complex trauma, and your ability to overfunction helped you survive. But now, you're in cycles of anxiety, overwhelm, & negative self-talk because your nervous system never experienced what it's like to truly rest and feel like you're enough. But the time is now to come home to yourself. Together, we’ll work to calm your body, quiet the inner critic, and build a grounded sense of self.
Open Door Therapeutic Services, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Not accepting clients at this time. Open Door Therapeutic Services, LLC is a mental health practice committed to helping all. We specialize in providing support to individuals seeking guidance in working through complex emotions, and traumatic experiences. We provide support to those seeking to learn new techniques to cope with difficult situations, individuals focused on developing personal growth, and individuals seeking to manage their mental health needs.
Not accepting clients at this time. Open Door Therapeutic Services, LLC is a mental health practice committed to helping all. We specialize in providing support to individuals seeking guidance in working through complex emotions, and traumatic experiences. We provide support to those seeking to learn new techniques to cope with difficult situations, individuals focused on developing personal growth, and individuals seeking to manage their mental health needs.
Elizabeth McCarthy
Counselor, MS, LCPC, RYT
4 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21209
Not accepting new clients
At Healing Self, we listen and attend with awareness, self-compassion, loving kindness, movement, and mind-body connection.
In connecting with this inner wisdom, we find it ripples into our daily lives, creating Work/Life Balance, Healthier Relationships, and Overall Joy. Active techniques in Mindfulness, Yogic Practices, Self-Compassion, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Nature-Informed Therapy are interwoven into your customized path.
At Healing Self, we listen and attend with awareness, self-compassion, loving kindness, movement, and mind-body connection.
In connecting with this inner wisdom, we find it ripples into our daily lives, creating Work/Life Balance, Healthier Relationships, and Overall Joy. Active techniques in Mindfulness, Yogic Practices, Self-Compassion, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Nature-Informed Therapy are interwoven into your customized path.
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My ideal client experiences anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship challenges. They seek a safe space to explore their emotions and patterns, yearning clarity and healing. The client's goal is to build resilience, improve self-awareness, and develop healthier relationships. They want lasting change to feel empowered, authentic, and at peace because they are tired of feeling stuck and crave for a more fulfilling and balanced life. They are ready to take responsibility and are open to grown through compassionate guidance.
My ideal client experiences anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship challenges. They seek a safe space to explore their emotions and patterns, yearning clarity and healing. The client's goal is to build resilience, improve self-awareness, and develop healthier relationships. They want lasting change to feel empowered, authentic, and at peace because they are tired of feeling stuck and crave for a more fulfilling and balanced life. They are ready to take responsibility and are open to grown through compassionate guidance.
Negative thinking patterns are part of our human condition. These patterns become problematic and particularly disturbing when we are faced with stressful circumstances. At those times we feel stuck. Yet there is a way out, a way to process and let go of that which is no longer serving us. Therapy is the process of gaining insight into the workings of our minds and to allow for new choices of thinking of feeling to reveal themselves, as we heal, one step at at time.
Negative thinking patterns are part of our human condition. These patterns become problematic and particularly disturbing when we are faced with stressful circumstances. At those times we feel stuck. Yet there is a way out, a way to process and let go of that which is no longer serving us. Therapy is the process of gaining insight into the workings of our minds and to allow for new choices of thinking of feeling to reveal themselves, as we heal, one step at at time.
Are you dealing with a difficult time? Have you experienced trauma? Do you have a hard time with your teen? Are you struggling with a relationship? Dealing with stress? Have you recently lost someone? Are you going through a major life transition (marriage, birth, loss of a job, divorce)? We are here to help, heal and restore hope! Our practice's focus is to bring comprehensive and culturally competent services to clients so they can thrive and realize their full potential. It is our overall goal to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families.
Are you dealing with a difficult time? Have you experienced trauma? Do you have a hard time with your teen? Are you struggling with a relationship? Dealing with stress? Have you recently lost someone? Are you going through a major life transition (marriage, birth, loss of a job, divorce)? We are here to help, heal and restore hope! Our practice's focus is to bring comprehensive and culturally competent services to clients so they can thrive and realize their full potential. It is our overall goal to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families.
Embarking on the journey of inner work doesn't have to be a solitary path. I deeply value the unique bond between therapist and client, and I consider it a true privilege to be invited into your story. With an open heart and a non-judgmental approach, I welcome clients from all walks of life. I believe that laughter can be an important part of the therapeutic process, but above all, I am here to listen and offer a space where you can truly be yourself. Counseling is an integral part of healthy living, helping to restore balance, clarity, and grounding.
Embarking on the journey of inner work doesn't have to be a solitary path. I deeply value the unique bond between therapist and client, and I consider it a true privilege to be invited into your story. With an open heart and a non-judgmental approach, I welcome clients from all walks of life. I believe that laughter can be an important part of the therapeutic process, but above all, I am here to listen and offer a space where you can truly be yourself. Counseling is an integral part of healthy living, helping to restore balance, clarity, and grounding.
The Collective Healing Center is an evidence-based private practice offering mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults. Our clinical staff is trained to work in individual, couples, or family therapy formats and specialize in trauma-informed care. We collaborate with our clients to create an individualized plan allowing a blend of best suited therapeutic approaches such as play therapy, expressive arts, nature-informed therapy, and more. Our goal is to empower you to access your reparative energy, to acknowledge and express your pain, and to gain a sense of control. We want to support your healing and growth.
The Collective Healing Center is an evidence-based private practice offering mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults. Our clinical staff is trained to work in individual, couples, or family therapy formats and specialize in trauma-informed care. We collaborate with our clients to create an individualized plan allowing a blend of best suited therapeutic approaches such as play therapy, expressive arts, nature-informed therapy, and more. Our goal is to empower you to access your reparative energy, to acknowledge and express your pain, and to gain a sense of control. We want to support your healing and growth.
Is your family struggling right now? Is your child having issues in school? Are you feeling hopeless or helpless? Have you undergone a traumatic event you have not been able to talk about or work through? I understand these things can be difficult and therapy is something that could assist you in moving forward in your life. I believe that reaching out to a therapist is a great place to start and I would appreciate the opportunity to be that person.
Is your family struggling right now? Is your child having issues in school? Are you feeling hopeless or helpless? Have you undergone a traumatic event you have not been able to talk about or work through? I understand these things can be difficult and therapy is something that could assist you in moving forward in your life. I believe that reaching out to a therapist is a great place to start and I would appreciate the opportunity to be that person.
I'm training in dance/ movement therapy because healing happens in the body, not just the mind.
You might be an adolescent, college student, or young adult who looks “fine” on the outside—but on the inside, you’re exhausted from holding it together. Maybe anxiety has gotten louder, your mood feels unpredictable, or you’re dealing with panic, depression, trauma stress, ADHD or sleep issues that make daily life feel heavier than it should.
Career starters and new parents often come in feeling stretched thin, emotionally on edge, and unsure whether what they’re experiencing is “normal stress” or something that needs real support. Sometimes the hardest part is not having words for what’s wrong—just knowing something feels off.
I'm training in dance/ movement therapy because healing happens in the body, not just the mind.
You might be an adolescent, college student, or young adult who looks “fine” on the outside—but on the inside, you’re exhausted from holding it together. Maybe anxiety has gotten louder, your mood feels unpredictable, or you’re dealing with panic, depression, trauma stress, ADHD or sleep issues that make daily life feel heavier than it should.
Career starters and new parents often come in feeling stretched thin, emotionally on edge, and unsure whether what they’re experiencing is “normal stress” or something that needs real support. Sometimes the hardest part is not having words for what’s wrong—just knowing something feels off.
I’m a licensed psychotherapist, LCSW-C. I work with intuitive, deeply feeling individuals who sense that traditional therapy only touched the surface. My integrative approach blends evidence-based care with soulful, intentional healing that honors depth. You may be here because you have always felt different, seeing and feeling more than most..!
I’m a licensed psychotherapist, LCSW-C. I work with intuitive, deeply feeling individuals who sense that traditional therapy only touched the surface. My integrative approach blends evidence-based care with soulful, intentional healing that honors depth. You may be here because you have always felt different, seeing and feeling more than most..!
I am an experienced licensed clinical social worker with exceptional clinical skills and compassion in providing counseling for anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief counseling, caregiver support, life challenges, and stress management. I will assist you in gaining insight on how to manage life challenges through Talk and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and developing coping techniques. Serving teens and adults.
I am an experienced licensed clinical social worker with exceptional clinical skills and compassion in providing counseling for anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief counseling, caregiver support, life challenges, and stress management. I will assist you in gaining insight on how to manage life challenges through Talk and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and developing coping techniques. Serving teens and adults.
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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.