dance therapy + healing

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It all started when…

Like many young girls, I dreamed of growing up and becoming a dancer. Dance was my escape. In the studio, something magical would invariably happen: my brain’s synaptic circus of thoughts and stresses dulled to white noise. My mind and body no longer seemed to exist in parallel universes.

When I moved to New York City I began exploring applications of dance beyond the stage. Eventually I started working with the New York City Ballet Education Department, helping organize and manage programs for a variety of populations from toddlers to senior citizens. The delight on participant’s faces was palpable—there was always an abundance of flushed cheeks, toothy grins, and laugher echoing around the studio.

Eventually I realized that my calling wasn’t just in exposing people to dance, but using it as a tool to facilitate change, empowerment, connection, and healing. Through dance/movement therapy (DMT), I am able to hold space for dissecting and documenting the human experience. My practice is founded upon the belief that dance/movement therapy furthers the emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration of individuals.

As a dance/movement therapist, I firmly believe that DMT offers essential practices for settling into the body and reconnecting with the self. Creative expression reflects the human experience and the reality-based potential and emotional content of DMT uniquely positions it as a healing practice. I am an advocate for the transformational potential of the body’s wisdom and incorporate this philosophy into all aspects of my work.

I love getting to know my clients and utilizing collaborative, humanistic, strength based approaches that meet them wherever they are at. With these various theoretical perspectives in mind, I approach working with each client in a uniquely individual way, taking into account their gender, race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexual orientation, and ability status to plant seeds of therapeutic change and support them in their journeys towards healing.