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is a professionally registered Dance Movement Therapist and Somatic Movement Educator with over 25 years of experience in supporting a wide range of people to find greater safety, wisdom and vitality in their bodies.

Are you seeking an embodied approach to finding clarity, emotional balance, and a deeper sense of wholeness?

My practice is informed by expressive, somatic, dance movement, and gestalt therapy approaches, which emphasize the mind-body connection, presence in the moment, and relational awareness to foster authentic expression, self-awareness and healing.

I specialise in supporting adult women as they navigate life’s challenges. I have experience working with women with faith backgrounds, women in business, mothers, home educators and students.

If you’re ready to explore a new way of getting to know yourself more deeply and find meaningful change, I’d love to hear from you. Contact me today to see how we can work together.

My passion is to create a difference in people’s lives through movement therapy connecting mind, body and spirit to bring a new awareness and healing that medicine and counselling alone fail to do. I want to combine all my modalities to truly help people and change the world one person, one group at a time. I enjoy working with all populations, however in my future work I aim to work with adolescents who suffer with trust, safety, insecurities, self-doubt, lack of confidence, bullying etc, enabling them to step into their own authenticity and be the best they can be. I am also very interested in special needs and through my practical experience have come to realise how empowering, beneficial and needed movement therapy is for this population. As well as this I am creating programs to work with clients, both adults and children who have suffered trauma.

Andrea is working both in Australia and overseas with various populations, including people with a range of physical disabilities and NCD’s, acquired brain injuries, people living with dementia (and their carers), Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and strokes. She has expertise in dance and movement therapy with the elderly and has a particular interest in fostering dance and movement therapy practice in age care facilities and respite centers. She has also worked with adults in psychiatric settings. Currently Andrea is offering regular authentic movement sessions with adults, one to one dance and movement therapy sessions, and facilitates ongoing creative dance and improvisation classes for the elderly. Andrea is continuously broadening her dance therapy practice attending professional development workshops in somatic movement practice, and through participation in integrative dance workshops and projects in Europe.

Anjali Sengupta is a trauma informed dance movement therapist, transpersonal arts therapist, arts educator, holistic massage therapist, choreographer and performing artist with 30 years experience of moving and working with the body across 4 continents. She supports survivors of exploitation, slavery and servitude through her work with HerSpace and has extensive experience working in a variety of different settings including primary and secondary schools, aged care, disabilities, neurodiversity, disordered eating, developmental trauma and community mental health.

With a passion for utilising the creative arts for promoting mental wellbeing, Anna loves supporting individuals of all ages to create, move & thrive!

My movement analysis work began in London in 1999. A journey of contemporary dance performance work later morphed into an appreciation of the movement sciences. I am a practitioner with roots in Laban theory, total body connectivity, Pilates Method and DMT. Special interest conditions include Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Neurodivergence, and Women’s Health.

For the past 20 years, I’ve traveled the world, mesmerizing audiences with my performances while delving deep into the realm of somatic therapy. My journey commenced within the ecstatic dance community, where I not only danced but also led workshops, guiding individuals to explore movement beyond its physical confines. Under the guidance of Tracy Nicholson, a prominent figure in somatic therapy, and with the mentorship of Jane Refshauge, I refined my skills and therapeutic approach. Drawing from my extensive background in performance arts and keen observation of movement, I’ve developed a nuanced understanding of the body-mind connection. This perspective enables me to facilitate profound shifts in my clients, helping them unearth deep-seated blocks and rediscover bodily freedom.

Cecilia specialises working with children, adolescents, adults and families impacted by disabilities and trauma in the disability sector. She currently works as a counsellor, dance movement therapist, AutPlay Therapy provider and Behaviour Support Practitioner. Cecilia has joined force with a music therapist and an art therapist in establishing M.A.D Therapy in 2020 and became a registered NDIS provider. Cecilia also offers her service through Whole Family Health at St Mary’s Sydney where she collaborates with a multidisciplinary team in supporting NDIS participants. Cecilia is trained in Somatic Trauma Therapy under the guidance of Babette Rothschild (author of “The Body Remembers”). She offers clinical individual and group supervision using the RISE-UP model. Her experience includes working with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, Down’s Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Schizophrenia, Complex PTSD and Severe Anxiety Disorder.

Clare has worked with diverse populations and needs including children, at risk young people, adults and the elderly. She is passionate about the power of movement and music when working with people living with dementia; people who identify as being disabled and neuro-diverse individuals. Clare leads a weekly reflective movement space in Brisbane called Self in Motion.

Eileen has been teaching and choreographing community arts, folk dance and sacred forms of dance internationally for more than 30 years. Eileen trained in DMT with the IDTIA and Wesley Institute. Her dance movement therapy experience since 1989 includes work in community, clinical and educational facilities with aged care & dementia, children/adolescents, disability, carers, mental health, and with refugee & migrant populations. She has been a lecturer in the Wesley Institute Graduate Diploma of Dance/Movement course, is a member of the DTAA National Committee, and a supervisor for IDTIA. Eileen provides DMT & expressive arts therapy presentations and workshops at Australian and international mental health, disability and performing arts conferences.

Director Moving Together, a community-based dance therapy program for mothers and babies in the City of Booroondara. Member of DTAA’s General committee from 2005 to 2018. As the activities coordinator at Prague House in Melbourne, Elizabeth provides arts and recreation programs with an emphasis on the therapeutic. Elizabeth is qualified and experienced in primary education, including Rudolf Steiner Education, and in teaching Yoga and meditation and is at present involved in training as a Hakomi practitioner.

All souls welcome. Draws on experience with health professionals, new mothers and babies, adults and children. Supported growth and development with trauma informed approach

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Janina is passionate about helping people to re-connect with their own body and emotions, and through this restore their innate vitality. Drawing on dance therapy and yoga, Janina offers a caring and non-judgemental space for embodied and creative self-exploration. She offers 1:1 and group sessions, face-to-face or online, and works with people with varied movement abilities. In addition to this, Janina co-developed and manages the program Rhythm is Life at the non-for-profit Heartdancers. This program is aimed at transforming the lives of older people through dance, music, and art. As someone who has had cancer and experienced the emotional and physical stress that comes with it, Janina also has a strong interest in working with women affected by this illness. She believes that dance and yoga can be very effective in helping women affected by cancer feel calmer, re-gain confidence in their own body, and feel more energised and uplifted.

Katharina is interested in working with NDIS clients of all ages and abilities. She has experience working with various child populations as well as adult mental health and adult disability populations. Katharina currently works as a children’s counsellor for a large organisation using expressive modalities including music and movement. She addresses emotional, social and behavioural goals in fun and creative ways with children aged 4 to 18 years who have experienced trauma. Some of these children have been diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety or depression. Katharina has also run creative and therapeutic dance and movement sessions with groups of children aged 2 to 5 years for several years. These sessions have a developmental focus and are aimed at supporting the children’s fine and gross motor skill development, as well as refining their social and cognitive skills and enhancing their emotional wellbeing. Groups have included children with a typical course of development as well as children with a developmental delay or diagnosed with ADHD or ASD. Furthermore, Katharina facilitates improvisational movement sessions for the general public based on mindfulness and authentic movement and inspired by techniques and the philosophy of contact improvisation. These sessions have an internal focus and include various mediums of reflection such as writing, drawing and verbal sharing. Katharina’s vision is to help children and adults attain a sense of wholeness, wellness and personal safety by facilitating experiences which promote their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Maeve has a background in dance teaching with children and adults. Maeve is currently working as a dance therapist with adults with intellectual disability and in aged care and with the frail elderly with dementia in NE Victoria.

Specialist expertise: All level and abilities of physical and intellectual disabilities. All levels of mental health including schizophrenia, addiction, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders and body image. Maria is a Raqs Sharqi dancer and teacher; bringing elements of middle eastern dance into dance therapy. Maria works privately one on one and also with group in workshop and retreat settings, combining her skills in Dance Movement Therapy, Body Psychotherapy, Somatic Awareness, Authentic Movement, Continuum Movement, Sacred Dance, Art, and other life skills and experiences. She also works in Italy, Japan and Bali.

Mary Rose has a Private Practice based in Ballarat and Melbourne. Her main area of work is with individual adults, both for therapy and personal / professional development. Bringing a Jungian/psychodynamic approach to issues experienced by clients – such as disturbing transitional change, creative blocks, or disorientation and loss of meaning related to physical or emotional suffering. Alongside DMT, verbal therapy and working with dreams, she has particular interest in authentic movement, sandplay and expressive arts.

Michelle is deeply interested in the application of dance movement therapy in neurorehabilitation, and mental health settings. With over 20 years of experience as an occupational therapist, she has worked with a diverse range of clients across various environments, including acute, subacute tertiary health care and in the comunity. As an Open Floor teacher, Michelle combines her passion for dance and conscious movement with a love for the therapeutic aspects of music, fostering connection and deep inner exploration in community and group settings. She also integrates a strong interest in ecopsychology and somatics into her practice. Michelle offers her expertise in both one-on-one and group sessions, driven by a profound curiosity about how dance movement therapy can facilitate the healing and integration of body, mind, and soul.

Since I qualified as a dance movement psychotherapist in 2015, I clinically worked in primary schools, special needs schools, a pupil referral unit, prison, NHS mental health hospitals and charities in the United Kingdom and Japan. I facilitated movement-based group psychotherapy groups for teens with neurodiverse backgrounds and psychotic episodes at an NHS psychiatric hospital.

In Japan, I facilitated a dance movement psychotherapy group for women who were socially isolated for many years. I also worked at a psychiatric hospital for older people (60+) who were socially institutionalised for a long time. I learnt to become culturally-informed as a practitioner.

After I moved to South Australia in 2020, I worked mainly with NDIS participants at a clinic for about 3 years. I began working privately since 2023 at a private clinical space, seeing children, young people, adults and couples.

I specialise in preverbal trauma, complex trauma, attachment issues, neurological conditions, eating disorders and neurodiverse populations. I am theoretically grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy including self-psychology and group psychotherapy.

I also offer CPDs (Somatic Body Mapping Intensive) and clinical supervision for professionals.

Inviting the spirit of collaboration, co-creation, curiosity & compassion into our therapeutic dance, I encourage transparency, reflexivity, & adjustments in attitudes and perspectives. I can offer psychotherapeutic & somatic approaches, but I prefer more exploratory, relational and post-structuralist, or narrative approaches. I like to bring the stories, histories, patterns, orientations, contexts, and hopes into awareness, so that we engage with the forces that shape and pull us.

Working online, in person, with words, movement or touch, I offer support, accompaniment, and scrutiny as we follow the entangled threads, together allowing challenges and experiences to unravel, and the solutions and resolutions to ‘ravel.’ I’m curious about the skills and wisdoms of the people who seek our support, and the social and power constructs we work within. My intention is to weave ourselves into communities, into relationship and into alignment.

Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work; Certified 5Rhythms Teacher Heartbeat and Waves levels; Body-Mind Centering Practitioner/Somatic Educator (completion 2024); Animal Flow Trainer; Graduate Diploma (Dance Therapy); Graduate Diploma – Solo Residency; Bachelor of Teaching (Hons – dance education); Bach Arts (Communications – photomedia).

Rachel has worked as a therapist and youth/support worker, particularly within the NDIS framework, Her client-focused approach blends a unique set of skills to provide a nurturing and safe space. She collaborates with her clients to uncover the hidden stories/experiences stored in the body, reprogram the nervous system, and gently release narratives that aren’t serving us well, allowing the body to achieve balance. She has worked with acquired brain injuries, neurodiversity, intellectual disabilities, autoimmune conditions/ post op, dementia, and Alzheimer’s. Facilitated sessions in Aged care homes and private practice, Using evidence-based modalities and trauma-informed care to create safe,and supportive environments that foster holistic health. She offers both one-on-one and group sessions, she currently runs a creative movement group for women. She may even bring her therapy dog, Stella, to enhance the therapeutic environment.

If you're feeling stuck, if traditional talk therapies are not helping, why not try something completely different. I'm here to listen, and to provide a safe space where you can move, talk, dance, and begin to create the change you want in your life. Contact me for a free 15-minute conversation.

Sandi is a dance movement therapist, purpose coach, leadership facilitator and an African dance teacher. She finds joy and wisdom in movement practices and strongly values the healing nature of dance through bodyfulness, as well as mindfulness. Sandi is passionate about sharing the capacity of dance and embodied practice to promote wellbeing, learning and growth.

Sandi combines evidence-based dance-movement therapy and coaching to help clients reconnect with their body and mind and reach their human potential.

She has experience working with clients suffering from anxiety, depression and trauma, children with physical and intellectual disabilities, older adults with dementia and new mothers and babies.

Sandi is currently working as a dance movement therapist and coach, working with clients in a group and one-on-one setting. She runs a community authentic movement class and an African inspired, dance movement class. She enjoys inviting others to experience the joy and freedom of moving and from their essential self.

Sandra has experience with a diverse range of groups including mental health, disability, culturally and linguistically diverse, autism carers, seniors, autistic adults and preschool children. Her group program, “Make A Move”, provides a supportive and nurturing space for people to express their emotions and develop their creativity through movement. It includes a range of dance styles along with creative improvisation and use of props that can be adapted to suit the group. She also offers individual therapy. Sandra is currently involved in running peer support groups and social events for autistic adults, and has previous experience as a mental health peer worker, job coach and children’s dance teacher. She currently enjoys belly dancing, singing and yog

Sarah is a somatic psychotherapist and dance movement therapist working in private practice in Brisbane since 2016. Sarah combines body movement and expression with talk therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD and trauma. Her passion is to help women in mid-life find their sparkle again. If you would like to find out more about 1:1 psychotherapy with Sarah, head over to her website

Works as a psychiatric social worker and psychotherapist with children and adolescents in a community mental health setting and private practice. Special areas of interests include – depression and anxiety issues, body image problems and eating disorders trauma and abuse, mother/infant dyads – postnatal depression and attachment issues.

The supervisory material I offer embraces the principles of the embodied, creative process with an emphasis on post structural influences. This supervision approach utilizes open, exploratory, non-lineal pathways to attune to what is unique within a therapeutic endeavour, where the therapist can clarify the known and become confident to explore what is not yet known about it. Post structural influences include embracing ambiguity and uncertainty about an event or entity, and sourcing multiple interpretations of, and possibilities for, it. These influences seek to expose what might be taken for granted within the relationship, to be able to consider it differently. Central to this material is the therapist’s intellectualized, kinetic, and kinaesthetic modes of responding to the therapeutic assemblage, where attention is directed toward their aesthetic, sense-based experiences of, and with, it. This supervision material is highly personalized and contextualized, to meet the needs of each therapist and client/s as they are situated.

Theresa studied Dance Therapy at New York University with Marica Leventhal and received her B.F.A. in Performing Arts Dance at the same university. After graduating she became a stage manager for the European tour of ‘Spiderwoman’. Theresa came to Australia in 1981 where she became involved with Dance Therapy. She has worked in a variety of settings from disabilities to mainstream, as a lecturer, tutor and facilitator in using dance and movement as the key element in promoting creativity, communications and the importance of movement. For the last 20 years Theresa was a PD/H/PE teacher using the principles of dance therapy to everyday sports and exercise. During this time, she has presented papers at Indigenous dance conferences, International Health Conferences addressing the importance for dance in people’s lives and just recently presented at the International Childhood Foundation conference in Melbourne. Her main interest is the use of dance and movement as ‘preventative medicine’.

Psychotherapeutic approach based on somatic psychotherapy approaches such as Hakomi and Sensorimotor psychotherapy, with an understanding of the neuroscience underpinning how people experience the world. The principles are based in mindfulness, openness, being curious and supporting the client to study their responses,beliefs, sensations and responses in their body in order to follow the body’s way to healthier ways of being. Supervision supports therapists to be able to follow and study what is happening in their clients body to help guide them through their body to a healthy outcome. This will include dance and movement processes that support this unfolding into health.