DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY
Integrating the body, mind, and spirit through dance.
Dance/Movement Therapy uses movement to help people improve their overall wellbeing through mental, emotional, physical, and social integration.
First practiced in the 1940s, DMT is based on the idea that movement is our first language – beginning in utero and continuing throughout a person’s life. The theory states that the mind, body, and spirit are interrelated and people can utilize movement to help them process and understand their emotions.
Depending on a person’s mental health needs and physical abilities, DMT can help to increase strength, improve flexibility, boost coordination, and reduce muscle tension.
DMT has also been shown to support mental wellbeing and overall quality of life by:
– Improving self-esteem
– Improving interpersonal skills
– Promoting self-awareness
– Promoting calm
– Teaching coping skills
– Teaching empathy
Our DMT provider, Jessie Gaworecki, is a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, a certified RYT-200 teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and a certified Reiki Level II practitioner. She received her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling at Antioch University.
Jessie understands it can be intimidating to dive into the body or the arts, so she paces each session based on where her clients feel comfortable. Her perspective as a therapist is that she is both a fellow traveler and a guide on the therapeutic journey. With compassion and guidance, she leads clients from mindfulness into embodiment and expression, proceeding to resolution and transformation of what holds them back in life.
