Healing Trauma With Dance & Movement Therapy

— "Change is movement, and in order to create change there has to be both internal and external movement in the body. As our bodies carry us through life, becoming curious about our relationship to ourselves, sensations and feelings that arise within us moment to moment, can help us become more aware of the information we hold internally. Dance was something that always resonated with Rebecca. Moving and being creative helped her process much of her life. Throughout the last year there has been collective trauma that has greatly impacted our everyday life, our ability to express and specifically our movement. Routines, normalcy, and connection have been altered in such a way that Rebecca feels there is a need for reconnection, starting with ourselves."

Valeria interviews Rebecca Love — LCAT, BC-DMT, RYT. She received her Master of Science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She is board certified with the American Dance/Movement Therapy Association and a licensed creative arts therapist, as well as a certified yoga teacher.

She received her B.A. in dance and psychology from Hunter College in New York City. She recently completed her 1-year Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Certificate at The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, where she was continuing her studies. Her experience includes work with a wide range of clientele including clients suffering from trauma, racial trauma among the BIPOC community, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders, addiction, children with special needs, the geriatric population and LGBTQ+ elders After working in more traditional mental health settings. Rebecca opened her own practice, Holistically Whole Creative Arts Psychotherapy in early 2021 as she felt the need to provide safe healing spaces for the BIPOC community. She currently offers individual and group therapy sessions remotely. In addition to her clinical work, Rebecca was an on-site internship supervisor for Pratt Institute students, studying creative arts therapy, for several years and now is a visiting professor in the creative arts program.

To learn more about Rebecca Love and her work, please visit: holisticallywholecreativeartspsychotherapy.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.