Professional and Educational Achievements 

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MA Mental Health Counseling and Dance Movement Therapy (Cum Laude), Lesley University, Cambridge, MA  

2020 - 2023

Master’s level Clinical Mental Health Counselor, pursuing LMHC licensure in Massachusetts.

 

Registered Dance Movement Therapist (R-DMT), Dance/Movement Therapy Certification Board

2023 - Present

Registered to practice dance/movement therapy in team, institutional, or agency settings.  

 

Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA

2016 - 2019 

Earned a professional certification as an Alexander Technique teacher. 

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BA Expressive Arts Therapy (Cum Laude), Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

2011 - 2014 

Earned bachelor’s degree in Expressive Arts Therapy with high honors.

 

Clinical Experience

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Behavioral Health Clinician, Outer Cape Health Services, Harwich Port, MA

2024 - Present 

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• Provides direct behavioral health services to youth and families, including assessment, coordination of treatment, and ongoing therapeutic interventions through individual, family and/or group modalities.

• Works and collaborates with assigned team to implement joint care plans and balance a mix of short term, maintenance, group, individual and extended therapeutic modalities to ensure best possible outcomes. 

• Maintains case records and establishes that patients are appropriately screened using correct screening tool (CANS,PHQ-2,9).

 

Counseling and Dance Movement Therapy Intern, Outer Cape Health Services, Harwich Port, MA

2022 - 2023

• Participated in weekly clinical supervision with a LICSW, and Director of Behavioral Health.

• Assisted in co-leading virtual SOAP (Structured Outpatient Addiction Program). 

• Provided individual psychotherapy to a caseload of clients. 

• Proficient in using Epic Electronic Medical Record system.

 

Advisor and Dance Movement Therapy Intern, Riverview School, Sandwich, MA

2021 - 2022

• ​Managed a small caseload and provide one-on-one advising support to students with complex learning challenges.

●   Led weekly Dance Movement Therapy sessions with students.

●   Attended weekly clinical team meetings, IEP meetings, and co-led social/mindfulness skills groups.

●   Received weekly clinical supervision from a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

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Teaching and Expressive Arts Experience

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Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT), Freedom to Move Cape Cod, Brewster, MA

2023 - Present 

● Local business owner of Freedom to Move Cape Cod

● Working under the direct supervision of a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist

● Provides dance/movement therapy independent contracting services for local mental health and wellness agencies

● Maintains professional standards and ethics as defined by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)

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Alexander Technique Instructor, Freedom to Move Cape Cod, Brewster, MA, 

2019 - Present

●  Empower students to learn practical pain management skills. 

●  Provide hands-on, integrative touch and verbal guidance to facilitate healing. 

●. Support students to change habitual patterns of movement/behavior through mind/body integration

 

Expressive Movement & Alexander Technique Instructor, Brewster Council on Aging, Brewster, MA

2020          

● Led students in different art modalities that emphasize self-expression.

● Facilitated dance groups for elders and adults on Cape Cod.

● Educated students in Alexander Technique and Dance Movement Therapy principles. 

 

Alexander Technique Instructor, Midday Movement Series, Cambridge, MA

2019

● Instructed group classes in the Alexander Technique for contemporary choreographers. 

 

Children’s Dance Instructor, Actor’s Academy for the Performing Arts, Boulder, CO

2014 - 2015

Trained children (ages 6-8) at a professional theater-arts and performance academy

● Taught students’ creative movement, choreography, and dance vocabulary.

● Choreographed a full off-Broadway junior musical.

 

Expressive Movement Instructor, Move More Like You, Cambridge, MA

2011- 2014

● Held weekly movement sessions in the heart of Cambridge’s art district.

● Taught students of all ages to express themselves through a variety of somatic and Expressive Arts activities