Sound&Movement Sanctuary

A Home for Healing ~ Connect...Express...Play...Dance...Breathe...Move...Heal

What is Movement/Music Therapy?  

As a life-long musician and now trained in Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) I aim to create a safe space to promote a relational process where client and therapist use body movement, voice and rhythm as instruments of communication during the therapy process. “DMP is an empathic creative process practiced as individual and group therapy in clinical, community, and educational settings, as well as in private practice.  ADMP UK serves to uphold professional standards within the field of Dance Movement Psychotherapy, overseeing the professional codes of conduct for the profession.” (ADMP, UK)  

What does a Movement/music therapy session look like? 

Creating a natural therapeutic environment including soothing music, natural lighting, instruments and props for encouraging movement and music explorations I start a session with a client by checking in either verbally or with movement. Following the clients needs we can move together in a simple warm up, I can guide a client in somatic awareness exercises and use rhythm and voice to connect to our inner selves and express emotions. When moving together I use empathic attunement, or feeling where the client is through their movements and reflect this back to them. We can further explore emotions  and relational interactions that arise from movement/music together. Depending on the clients needs we can communicate verbally or non-verbally. I bring sounds, rhythm, breathing-awareness and music as options to explore in the space. The aim is to build trust within the therapeutic relationship and help the client to gain trust in themselves and to more fully understand their emotions and mental states using the body as an instrument. We can end the session with a check out either verbally, music or movement based. 

I believe everyone can move through trauma held in the body by re-building trust within the therapeutic relationship and enabling the body to express difficult emotions. 

Sessions can be held on Zoom, in-person and in nature. I started private one-to-one & group sessions in August 2021.

Cost for sessions

Sliding scale:

Regular income $200 ~ 60 min session 

Income challenges $150 ~ 60 min session