About our Approach

A unique approach using DMT & Counselling

We offer a unique and integrative approach to therapy utilizing somatic based practice – Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT), verbal counselling, and other creative arts therapeutic modalities.

Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) is the psychotherapeutic use of body movement to bring about emotional, social, physical, and cognitive integration. It works on the principle that our body and mind is connected. DMT utilizes the body and all its natural movement responses to help understand and heal the mind. Accessing the mind through the body helps uncover what is stored in our sub conscious. It helps uncover stored memories, past trauma, and challenging experiences in a safe and creative way.

When movement marries the mind, it deepens our self-awareness and healing. Verbal counselling is integrated into the sessions to help process all that the movement brings to our conscious understanding. Talking and sharing helps us feel lighter and further process our experiences. Various other expressive art forms like writing, art making, and music are integrated into the therapeutic process to make sessions personal and individualized. The best part is, you don’t have to be a dancer, artist, or have a creative bone in your body to reap the benefits of this unique integrative approach to healing!

How Do Somatic and Creative Arts Therapies Help In Healing?

  • Our bodies store that which our minds are not able to process. Somatic and creative arts based interventions help us tap into that subconscious information, deepening the healing process.
  • Utilizing movement and the other arts help access & process challenging experiences that may be difficult to talk about, in a creative and safe way.
  • Increasing body awareness by understanding how the body reacts to situations help face challenges and overcome them independently.
  • Most importantly they meet you where you’re at, accepting and empowering all parts of the self.
  • As we believe in a person-centered approach we understand that not all of us feel, process, and express in the same way. A range of creative arts, somatic and, verbal interventions empower each client to work on their goals in the way best suited to them.

Who can benefit from our approach?

Everyone

You do not need to be an artist, dancer, or even a mover to be able to reap the benefits of our multi-modality approach. Movement can simply mean the rhythm of your heart beat or the flow of your breath. Creative arts are about the process, not the product.