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Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on gestalt-somatic therapy, psychodynamic and jungian psychology, neuro-biology and neuroscience research. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the person's lived experiences through body movement and dance. A person's narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive arts with the neuroscience fields in body movement therapies that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.

Therapeutic Aims

  • improvised movement to release emotional content

  • improvisational techniques for unearthing life force and vitality that includes images from everyday life, mask work, combined with expressive movement that leads to emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis

  • a moving inward in search of self

  • breathe, body posture (attitudes), movement patterns informs communication styles

  • expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories, dreams and narratives emerge

  • improved capacity of body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire

  • supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards recovery and wellness.

Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute. Sharon is registered as a Professional Dance Movement Therapist with Dance Therapy Association of Australasia (DTAA). 

Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling

Embodied Somatic Movement Therapy

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