Dance Movement Therapy in Hampshire County, MA
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, board certified Dance/ Movement Therapist, and certified Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) trainer.
Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to gain insight into ourselves, and to move forward in our lives. My approach combines talk therapy with expressive arts and a body/mind focus as it suits the needs of the client. First we focus on conversations to clarify what your needs are and how we would best work together. Active listening and being present and responsive to you is the foundation for the therapeutic relationship. In my work with children 4 to 12 years old I combine play therapy with expressive arts, as they naturally express themselves this way.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, board certified Dance/ Movement Therapist, and certified Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) trainer.
Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to gain insight into ourselves, and to move forward in our lives. My approach combines talk therapy with expressive arts and a body/mind focus as it suits the needs of the client. First we focus on conversations to clarify what your needs are and how we would best work together. Active listening and being present and responsive to you is the foundation for the therapeutic relationship. In my work with children 4 to 12 years old I combine play therapy with expressive arts, as they naturally express themselves this way.
I support you in noticing all parts of you as necessary to your growth through talk therapy, mindfulness, expressive arts and somatic movement (for those who wish to explore body work).
I take great joy in my commitment to support individuals and groups towards healing and transformational change. I have provided therapy in home environments as well as private and college settings. Whether you are facing mid-life cycle transitions, stuck in fear patterns, struggling with menopause or dealing with intergenerational trauma, I can help you lean into these places more deeply with trusted support.
I support you in noticing all parts of you as necessary to your growth through talk therapy, mindfulness, expressive arts and somatic movement (for those who wish to explore body work).
I take great joy in my commitment to support individuals and groups towards healing and transformational change. I have provided therapy in home environments as well as private and college settings. Whether you are facing mid-life cycle transitions, stuck in fear patterns, struggling with menopause or dealing with intergenerational trauma, I can help you lean into these places more deeply with trusted support.
In addition to talking, we may use mindfulness, role-plays, awareness of breath/sensations, movement, or other creative outlets, depending on your comfort.
I am a somatic psychotherapist specializing in body-based healing. I enjoy working with clients who want to step out of disempowering narratives and embrace their own capacity. I have 20+ years of experience working with many populations and conditions. Recently I have specialized in couples therapy using the Developmental Model and Attachment work. I only work with a limited number of couples at this time, but these approaches deeply inform my work, even with individuals. I have recently narrowed my practice to focus on clients in acute need or looking to do more focused chapters of work or growth vs ongoing maintenance therapy.
In addition to talking, we may use mindfulness, role-plays, awareness of breath/sensations, movement, or other creative outlets, depending on your comfort.
I am a somatic psychotherapist specializing in body-based healing. I enjoy working with clients who want to step out of disempowering narratives and embrace their own capacity. I have 20+ years of experience working with many populations and conditions. Recently I have specialized in couples therapy using the Developmental Model and Attachment work. I only work with a limited number of couples at this time, but these approaches deeply inform my work, even with individuals. I have recently narrowed my practice to focus on clients in acute need or looking to do more focused chapters of work or growth vs ongoing maintenance therapy.
I specialize in using mindfulness, meditation, movement, nutrition, supplementation, and holistic modalities. I enjoy working with people seeking to make a change in their health and discover their inner-potential. I work with adolescents, young adults, adults, elderly, couples and families.
I specialize in using mindfulness, meditation, movement, nutrition, supplementation, and holistic modalities. I enjoy working with people seeking to make a change in their health and discover their inner-potential. I work with adolescents, young adults, adults, elderly, couples and families.
Sarah J Kaye
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have over thirty years experience in the mental health field, with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Dance- Movement Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy.
The best way to support healing and transformation is to combine a mind-body approach with psychotherapy. I include expressive therapies, relaxation training and mind-body awareness in my practice. This is suited to clients of all ages with anxieties, stress, blocked emotions and body image problems. I also offer dance movement therapy separately for therapy, training and presentations.
I have over thirty years experience in the mental health field, with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Dance- Movement Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy.
The best way to support healing and transformation is to combine a mind-body approach with psychotherapy. I include expressive therapies, relaxation training and mind-body awareness in my practice. This is suited to clients of all ages with anxieties, stress, blocked emotions and body image problems. I also offer dance movement therapy separately for therapy, training and presentations.
I am a part of the group practice Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy.
When stress & anxiety keep you from feeling like yourself, it makes everything harder. I can help you change the ways you deal with stress, tension and struggle, and improve your relationships. Anxiety and stress can be related to trauma in your past, difficulty managing demands and day to day problems, or the challenge of big life changes. I use somatic psychotherapy, mind-body, and creative approaches to help my clients make profound change. You can have less tension, worry, self-doubt, and feelings of isolation and feel more energy, joy, connection and support.
I am a part of the group practice Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy.
When stress & anxiety keep you from feeling like yourself, it makes everything harder. I can help you change the ways you deal with stress, tension and struggle, and improve your relationships. Anxiety and stress can be related to trauma in your past, difficulty managing demands and day to day problems, or the challenge of big life changes. I use somatic psychotherapy, mind-body, and creative approaches to help my clients make profound change. You can have less tension, worry, self-doubt, and feelings of isolation and feel more energy, joy, connection and support.
Annabelle Coote
MA, LMHC, BC-DMT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060
Waitlist for new clients
I am the director of the group practice Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy.
Is it time to make some change? Make more space for YOU. Discover new resources for healing and growth and invest in your own dreams and desires. An innovative approach to therapy can help you use your intelligence, your creativity and the wisdom of the mind-body connection to move through your life differently.
I am the director of the group practice Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy.
Is it time to make some change? Make more space for YOU. Discover new resources for healing and growth and invest in your own dreams and desires. An innovative approach to therapy can help you use your intelligence, your creativity and the wisdom of the mind-body connection to move through your life differently.
Jade Martin-Willis
Counselor, LCMHC, LMHC, R-DMT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
I am a licensed clinician in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and I am a Registered Dance/ Movement Therapist. I have a person-centered and holistic approach. I enjoy blending traditional talk therapy, expressive arts, and movement therapy in my counseling sessions. Typically I begin therapy with traditional talk therapy and then at that point I am open to using any particular style depending on your preferred way of processing. Typically my clients are people who feel overwhelmed, have recent loss, need help improving self-esteem, need help improving relationships, and want realistic coping skills in their life.
I am a licensed clinician in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and I am a Registered Dance/ Movement Therapist. I have a person-centered and holistic approach. I enjoy blending traditional talk therapy, expressive arts, and movement therapy in my counseling sessions. Typically I begin therapy with traditional talk therapy and then at that point I am open to using any particular style depending on your preferred way of processing. Typically my clients are people who feel overwhelmed, have recent loss, need help improving self-esteem, need help improving relationships, and want realistic coping skills in their life.
My work helps you connect with your intuition and gui dance from within.
Hello and welcome. Are you looking to heal on a deeper level? I offer a wide array of holistic healing including reiki, yoga, breath work, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) and expressive arts therapy. These modalities allow the body to heal on a deeper level, and to express and explore your feelings in a different way.
My work helps you connect with your intuition and gui dance from within.
Hello and welcome. Are you looking to heal on a deeper level? I offer a wide array of holistic healing including reiki, yoga, breath work, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) and expressive arts therapy. These modalities allow the body to heal on a deeper level, and to express and explore your feelings in a different way.
Amorn O'Connor
Counselor, LMHC, R-DMT
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060
Waitlist for new clients
I'm on maternity leave until January 2025. Please reach out for openings at that time. For children, behavior is a way to communicate needs. When complex emotions arise through challenging behaviors, parents may be left feeling unsure how to respond. Does your child seem overly anxious? Are they highly distressed when separated from you? Maybe they've experienced a significant loss or you’d like to prepare them for a family life change. Are you an adoptive or foster family wanting help with bonding and building secure attachment? Do you hope to gain clearer insight into your child’s needs and support them through a stressful time?
I'm on maternity leave until January 2025. Please reach out for openings at that time. For children, behavior is a way to communicate needs. When complex emotions arise through challenging behaviors, parents may be left feeling unsure how to respond. Does your child seem overly anxious? Are they highly distressed when separated from you? Maybe they've experienced a significant loss or you’d like to prepare them for a family life change. Are you an adoptive or foster family wanting help with bonding and building secure attachment? Do you hope to gain clearer insight into your child’s needs and support them through a stressful time?
Change is a natural part of life which can be both exciting and anxiety provoking. If you'd like to build your capacity for meeting the challenge of transitions, or are seeking new ways of responding to old patterns, let's actively work together to create fresh approaches to building the life you want to be living. I am easy to talk to, and bring a warm and open presence approaching therapy as a conversation. I listen closely and aim to ask questions that help you to grow your own innate wisdom and inspire new ideas and solutions.
Change is a natural part of life which can be both exciting and anxiety provoking. If you'd like to build your capacity for meeting the challenge of transitions, or are seeking new ways of responding to old patterns, let's actively work together to create fresh approaches to building the life you want to be living. I am easy to talk to, and bring a warm and open presence approaching therapy as a conversation. I listen closely and aim to ask questions that help you to grow your own innate wisdom and inspire new ideas and solutions.
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I work with individuals who are open to experimenting with different modalities in order to identify the best path to their healing. I support adults who are ready to make the changes in their lives needed to grow out of stagnancy. I believe that supporting my clients to connect with the unconscious parts of themselves is the key to healing. I support clients in understanding their relationship to their gender and sexuality. For quickest and easiest scheduling, request an appointment on our website.
I work with individuals who are open to experimenting with different modalities in order to identify the best path to their healing. I support adults who are ready to make the changes in their lives needed to grow out of stagnancy. I believe that supporting my clients to connect with the unconscious parts of themselves is the key to healing. I support clients in understanding their relationship to their gender and sexuality. For quickest and easiest scheduling, request an appointment on our website.
Elena Volpe
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060
Waitlist for new clients
Welcome to my page. If you are here, you are interested, curious, wanting or needing to be in therapy. Whether you wish to explore the intricacies of identity, treat mental illness, tackle difficult relationship dynamics, and/or on a quest for ways to unstick the stuck places; fed up with repetitive patterns and relationships that exhaust rather than replenish your life, lets both discover and examine your fears, beliefs and judgments so that you may claim your bravery, honesty, vulnerability and happiness.
Welcome to my page. If you are here, you are interested, curious, wanting or needing to be in therapy. Whether you wish to explore the intricacies of identity, treat mental illness, tackle difficult relationship dynamics, and/or on a quest for ways to unstick the stuck places; fed up with repetitive patterns and relationships that exhaust rather than replenish your life, lets both discover and examine your fears, beliefs and judgments so that you may claim your bravery, honesty, vulnerability and happiness.
Therapy is an opportunity to intentionally pause, acknowledge our experience, and forge a deeper connection with ourselves. In these times of elevated stress and fear, it becomes vital to cultivate meaningful pathways for self-nurturing. As we navigate the waves of life, we learn to embrace them with greater acceptance and tenderness. I offer a unique blend of modalities that include that include psychotherapy, IFS parts work, somatic bodywork and creative arts therapies. Whether you seek support for physical discomfort, emotional healing, or personal growth, my practice provides a safe haven where you can explore new ways of being.
Therapy is an opportunity to intentionally pause, acknowledge our experience, and forge a deeper connection with ourselves. In these times of elevated stress and fear, it becomes vital to cultivate meaningful pathways for self-nurturing. As we navigate the waves of life, we learn to embrace them with greater acceptance and tenderness. I offer a unique blend of modalities that include that include psychotherapy, IFS parts work, somatic bodywork and creative arts therapies. Whether you seek support for physical discomfort, emotional healing, or personal growth, my practice provides a safe haven where you can explore new ways of being.
Clients often come in seeking more of, and for, themselves. It may be loss, transition, or relationship that brings them in, as well as, stress, overwhelm and/or a clear desire to grow. Regardless of the catalyst, all are wanting something more from life. Together, we can support finding more energy, ease and fulfillment in your experience. What makes you feel alive? What gets in the way? These are questions to ask when feeling stuck. There can be complex feelings of fear, disconnect and confusion, blocking the way to motivation, clarity and desire. With openness, compassion and even humor, we can find the way, to more wholeness.
Clients often come in seeking more of, and for, themselves. It may be loss, transition, or relationship that brings them in, as well as, stress, overwhelm and/or a clear desire to grow. Regardless of the catalyst, all are wanting something more from life. Together, we can support finding more energy, ease and fulfillment in your experience. What makes you feel alive? What gets in the way? These are questions to ask when feeling stuck. There can be complex feelings of fear, disconnect and confusion, blocking the way to motivation, clarity and desire. With openness, compassion and even humor, we can find the way, to more wholeness.
I work mostly with clients suffering with anxiety, PTSD, depression, and substance use issues, but I have experience with many different mental health diagnoses. I see clients needing help with goal-setting, limiting core values and beliefs, shame, fear, negative self-esteem, and trauma symptoms.
I work mostly with clients suffering with anxiety, PTSD, depression, and substance use issues, but I have experience with many different mental health diagnoses. I see clients needing help with goal-setting, limiting core values and beliefs, shame, fear, negative self-esteem, and trauma symptoms.
Louise Binette
Counselor, LMHC, SEP, ISP III, BC-DMT, C KMP
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
My focus is to provide a peaceful and welcoming environment, so you may feel at ease in your healing process. Together we can explore your challenges and beliefs, help you develop new ways of coping, and encourage greater awareness & insight, so you may reach your goals of wellness, balance, and greater joy & fulfillment in your life. As a seasoned integrative psychotherapist, I have years of experience accompanying diverse individuals who experienced issues such as stressful life challenges & transitions, grief/loss, self-esteem & body image issues, mood disorders, gender & sexual identity issues, creativity & relational problems.
My focus is to provide a peaceful and welcoming environment, so you may feel at ease in your healing process. Together we can explore your challenges and beliefs, help you develop new ways of coping, and encourage greater awareness & insight, so you may reach your goals of wellness, balance, and greater joy & fulfillment in your life. As a seasoned integrative psychotherapist, I have years of experience accompanying diverse individuals who experienced issues such as stressful life challenges & transitions, grief/loss, self-esteem & body image issues, mood disorders, gender & sexual identity issues, creativity & relational problems.
Debra E. Tauber-O'Reilly
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060
Not accepting new clients
By cultivating the qualities of Self in my work with you, we'll open pathways to your health - moving beyond depression, anxiety, trauma - transforming old patterns you realize are no longer effective. Your true strengths emerge. bringing creativity and natural solutions to problems. Being open-minded to your unique and diverse ways of living, thinking and being, we explore the journey toward safe and positive ways of relating to yourself and others.
By cultivating the qualities of Self in my work with you, we'll open pathways to your health - moving beyond depression, anxiety, trauma - transforming old patterns you realize are no longer effective. Your true strengths emerge. bringing creativity and natural solutions to problems. Being open-minded to your unique and diverse ways of living, thinking and being, we explore the journey toward safe and positive ways of relating to yourself and others.
Many people who have experience in therapy remain puzzled as to why they find it so difficult to change even after learning about the dynamics of their emotional suffering. Thinking processes can only take us so far and often are unable to instigate a deep psychological shift.
Unconscious processes, even brought into the light, will resist attempts to think them away. Imagination and the body are the home of the subconscious. It is in that world, that real and lasting change can transpire. Together we will attempt to get close and "withstand" conflicts of the mind rather than "understand" them.
Many people who have experience in therapy remain puzzled as to why they find it so difficult to change even after learning about the dynamics of their emotional suffering. Thinking processes can only take us so far and often are unable to instigate a deep psychological shift.
Unconscious processes, even brought into the light, will resist attempts to think them away. Imagination and the body are the home of the subconscious. It is in that world, that real and lasting change can transpire. Together we will attempt to get close and "withstand" conflicts of the mind rather than "understand" them.
Online Therapists
Currently enrolling for Rainbow dance & Bravely You! Group Therapies.
My passion is working with children 10yo & under who experience anxiety, depression, PTSD, family transitions, grief, & disruptions in attachment. I utilize dance/ movement, music, storytelling, play, and art therapies to help children engage in the therapeutic process and heal. Through activities, children are able to freely express emotions and learn to self-soothe using the techniques that naturally help to learn about themselves and the world around them. Parent training & family therapy are also frequently used to support caregivers in responding to children with high emotional needs.
Currently enrolling for Rainbow dance & Bravely You! Group Therapies.
My passion is working with children 10yo & under who experience anxiety, depression, PTSD, family transitions, grief, & disruptions in attachment. I utilize dance/ movement, music, storytelling, play, and art therapies to help children engage in the therapeutic process and heal. Through activities, children are able to freely express emotions and learn to self-soothe using the techniques that naturally help to learn about themselves and the world around them. Parent training & family therapy are also frequently used to support caregivers in responding to children with high emotional needs.
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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.