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With over 15 years of therapeutic experience, Cecilia has worked with individuals across the lifespan, including people with diverse abilities and complex diagnoses. Her early career in the arts—as a dance and drama teacher, choreographer, theatre director and festival production manager—continues to inform her dynamic, embodied and creative approach to therapy.

Cecilia King holds a Master in Counselling and a Graduate Diploma in Dance/Movement Therapy, and is a professional member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and Dance Movement Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). She integrates Counselling, Dance/Movement Therapy, Trauma-Responsive Care, Neuroaffirmative Practices, Self Psychology, and Positive Behaviour Support into her practice. Cecilia is also a certified AutPlay® Therapy Provider and a Licensed Sensory Intelligence® Practitioner, offering specialised insight into the psychodynamic aspects of sensory processing, movement and play-based, neurodiversity-affirming interventions.

Working from a growth-focused perspective, Cecilia centres her work on strengths, relationships and lived experience—rather than pathology. She supports individuals, families and siblings through a collaborative, systemic approach that prioritises the wellbeing of the individual and also the entire family/support unit. Her work often extends to schools, childcare centres, allied health professionals and community organisations, helping to create consistent, wraparound support across all environments.

Cecilia currently runs her private practice, Hearts In Motion http://www.heartsinmotion.com.au, in Sydney and has extensive experience working with children and adults under the NDIS.  She also partners with schools and childcare centres to deliver professional development and training, equipping educators with practical tools and compassionate strategies to understand the needs beyond behaviours. In addition, she offers tailored programs for primary school students, drawing on expressive therapies to encourage self-expression and provide safe, creative outlets for processing difficult feelings and experiences.  Through this dual approach, Cecilia helps cultivate connected, inclusive and emotionally safe learning communities.