Dance Therapy VarieTEA Hour with Melissa

Melissa is a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC). Melissa specializes in Dance/Movement Therapy techniques in conjunction with other expressive and integrative therapies, to promote healing and positive self-transformation to overcome and manage trauma, anxiety, depression eating disorders, and other challenges. Her framework is based on Chacian DMT and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) to observe, assess, and offer treatment with appropriate interventions in her DMT practice. Melissa also uses Carl Rogers’ Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) theories, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Grief Therapy, along with psychological approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and incorporates Mindfulness, Jungian Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Theory, and Adlerian Psychology in her multi-dimensional approach to treatment. She builds a therapeutic relationship tailored to meet the moment's needs to enhance insight and growth in every individual. Outside of her therapeutic work, Melissa is a professional ballet dancer who dances with the Realm Company in Los Angeles!