What is it?
What is Movement Therapy?
Movement Therapy is a body-based form of psychotherapy that uses movement, creativity, and reflection to support emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. It offers an alternative or complement to traditional talk therapy, inviting the body into the process.
You don’t need to be flexible, athletic, or enjoy exercise. These sessions are about reconnecting with your body as a source of insight, expression, and healing. In a session, we might move gently, playfully, or restfully. We might pause to talk, reflect, or respond through drawing or writing. This is about feeling your way through, not thinking your way out.
This work can be light and energising, or deeply reflective. It supports healing, expression, and regulation in ways that words alone sometimes can’t reach.
How I Work
My approach weaves together movement, drawing, writing, talk therapy, and body awareness. I work within an integrative, person-centred framework that sees each client as a whole person - body, mind, and story.
I hold a Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy, a Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling, and I’m currently completing a Bachelor of Counselling and Psychotherapy. My further training in polyvagal-informed movement, somatics, narrative therapy, and expressive arts brings depth and flexibility to my work.
Some clients move freely. Some talk first. Others begin with a drawing, or curl up in stillness on a beanbag. There’s no right way in.
What’s important is that the session meets you where you’re at emotionally, physically, and energetically.
Who Is It For?
Movement Therapy supports people across the lifespan. Each client brings something unique, and each session unfolds in its own rhythm. Here are just a few ways it can look:
Children
Children often feel more than they can express in words. Movement, drawing, and metaphor offer safe, playful ways to explore big emotions without pressure. These sessions can help develop emotional regulation, confidence, and a stronger sense of self, gently and creatively.
Adults
Adults may arrive feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck. Perhaps you’ve already explored things through talk therapy, but sense there’s something unresolved, something that words alone haven’t shifted. Movement invites you to slow down, notice what’s present in your body, and respond with curiosity. Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, trauma, or simply seeking creative reconnection, movement can help access what lies beneath the surface gently, respectfully, and at your own pace.
Older Adults
In aged care or dementia settings, movement can support mobility, memory, mood, and connection. A session might begin quietly and end with clapping, swaying, or shared laughter. Using rhythm, music and gentle games, these sessions invite joy, presence, and social connection in ways that feel accessible and dignified.