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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.

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

Ash has experience working with clients with chronic pain and the correlation between physical and emotional pain in the body. She works from a pain science and polyvagal informed perspective. She has supported clients healing from past emotional traumatic experiences and helped them navigate how these experiences move through their bodies. Ash has worked in the NDIS space and has a current working with children check. She also has experience working with elite dance students for injury rehabilitation and recovery from chronic pain. Her interests lie in helping people connect with their bodies through breath and movement, teaching them to listen to and understand the physiological sensations and underlying symptoms and then giving them strategies that empower them to overcome pain, fear and difficulty moving so that they can improve their capacity first in their bodies so that it radiates into other aspects of their lives.

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.

I am a full-time counseling teacher at an elementary school and a licensed counseling psychologist. Currently, I serve as the Secretary General of the Taiwan Dance Therapy Association (TDTA). My therapeutic approach integrates humanistic and postmodern beliefs, believing that each individual’s exhibited qualities and abilities are inherent strengths. I have over 10 years of experience in dance therapy and psychodrama, with approximately 500 hours of training in psychodrama.
My primary clients are children, and in both individual and group counseling sessions, I frequently address issues such as ADHD, ASD, school refusal, interpersonal difficulties, and internal conflicts, and various other issues. Since children’s issues often involve systemic influences, in addition to working in schools, I also actively provide counseling services using dance therapy and psychodrama methods to different populations, including inmates, cancer patients, the elderly, new immigrants, and others.

Christina is a qualified Dance Movement Therapist with over 20 years of experience in somatic dance and improvisation. She is offering individual therapy sessions and group sessions that support individuals’ with emotional and physical healing. She gained her diploma from Dance Movement Therapy Training in New Zealand Aotearoa and discovered how the integration of emotional, physical and spiritual self can open the healing potential of your body. Somatic dance and art making as an ecological practice influences Christina's dance therapy practice and she encourages a connection to self, body and environment nature as a way for people to heal themselves. As a provisional dance therapist she has been working with older populations with dementia and aged related disabilities as well as adults and children with disabilites.

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.

The American Indian Hopi Tribe have a saying;

“To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak” 
This for me, is the essence of Dance Movement Therapy. We express emotions when we move. We communicate and we relate. Within our bodies and tissues we hold our memories and experiences, and movement is the language through which I, as a Dance Movement Therapist, can help a person to discover them, heal them, move them or develop them. Movement is life! It is primal, instinctual. It is our first form of communication; our first language. Before we speak, we move, and we move with others to form relationships. With careful attunement to the movement of a person seeking assistance through therapy I can help them to make sense of their movement and explore meaning, emotion and remedy if necessary. 

I have been working with children aged 5-13 for the past 4 years in a school setting. Most of my work has been with younger children, 5-9 year olds, incorporating DMT principles and practices in large group Creative Movement Classes. These classes explore ways of moving, emotions, exposure to varied music, working cooperatively, facilitating and reinforcing areas of inquiry and learning, such as numeracy and literacy concepts and self regulation strategies. I am very interested in working with older persons and women through the stages of menopause.

Chunyan came from China. She is a Dynamic Psychology Counsellor in China. Currently living in New Zealand, she is able to provide mental health rehabilitation and immigration adjustment services to the Chinese community in her native language. She specializes in integrating the core elements of dance therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, and talk therapy into the work of each visitor, each of whom is special. Life is not easy, but it is worth living.

Bachelor of Public Administration, Chunyan has accepted Sandplay Therapy, The core concept of psychology therapy, Dynamic Psychoanalysis for many years. She has worked at Shenzhen Zhongkang in the psychological research institute. She helped her cases recover their life. the accumulative cases time nearly 3000 hours. She led a Chinese dance movement therapy growth group in New Zealand. Dance therapy is not a dance, it is from body including micro expressions, power of the spirit of the analysis of the voice tone, more directly and deeply, at the same time of analyzing the integration and development, the growth of deep trauma healing, blocking the compulsive repeat mode of life, reshape internal representation, participants said the foot pain well for many.

I am a mental health Occupational Therapist (Bachelor of O.T.) with extensive psychotherapy training. I have a Grad Dip in Somatics and Dance Movement Therapy.

I am a specialist Mental Health Occupational Therapist, with extensive postgraduate training in play therapy, individual, family and group therapy utilizing a variety of frameworks. I have previously worked in child/youth/family mental health in both community and hospital settings as a play therapist, conducting life skills training, experiential and psychotherapy groups and family work. Currently I work in private practice with people of all ages using both traditional modalities such as activity-based therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and general psychotherapy/counselling as well as more body-based frameworks such as Somatics and Dance Movement Therapy, Sensory Modulation, Nature Therapy and Animal-assisted therapy. I am available for individual sessions both in my home studio/on my property and online. I also conduct workshops/group sessions.

Prior to training as a Dance Movement Therapist, Joey worked as an Early Intervention Teacher with children with physical and developmental needs, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, and Down syndrome in Singapore.

Her passion for dance and helping individuals with special needs led her to attaining her diploma as a Dance Movement Therapist by working with adults with physical and developmental disabilities online in New Zealand, and children with special needs in an integrated preschool in the United States. Her experience working with clients from different countries and cultures shows her level of adaptability to adjust sessions accordingly to clients’ needs.

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.

Renee is a musician and experienced primary trained teacher with over ten years’ experience working in special education. She completed her Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy in 2023 and works with children, teens and adults individually, and in groups.

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 yoga

Working with DMT since 2021 with children and youth with special needs.

When we move, we unravel stories held by our bodies that sometimes our minds are not aware.
For individuals - If you are feeling stuck, lonely, in pain or out of control, and would like to make a change,
For groups - If you are looking to introduce a creative modality for your participants,
You are welcomed to contact me to discuss further.