Movement and Yoga Therapy

Paige Swanson has been dancing in contemporary, ballet and jazz since the age of five years old. She has honed her expression of movement and created a curriculum that involved movement as a source of empowerment.

What is used for?

Dance movement therapy is a form empowerment that can be utilized to heal trauma and discover complicated emotions associated with eating disorders and complicated grief.

What can movement therapy be used for?

Research has also shown it be effective in treatment of substance use disorders, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders in both adults and adolescents.8 Given the often comorbid psychiatric symptoms with BPD in patients participating in DBT, psychopharmacological interventions are oftentimes considered appropriate adjunctive care. This article aims to outline the basic principles of DBT as well as comment on the role of pharmacotherapy as adjunctive treatment for the symptoms of BPD.

How Does it Work?

Movement therapy is a place through healing trauma, depression and other forms of mental distress through mental emotional processing and physical movement. Our individual sessions emphasize healthy aging, distress tolerance, somatic experiencing and healing.

dance or yoga?

You can choose between both a dance session or a yoga therapy session. The benefits of both dance and yoga have been connected to healthy aging, chronic pain, injury and surgical recovery and other forms of services.

Eating disorder therapy

I completed my Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health at Northwestern University. My clinical experience and training include working at highly regarded organizations such as The University of Denver, Southern Methodist University, The Eating Recovery Center, Private Rehabs, and a one-year post-graduate fellowship.

My background has provided me with a comprehensive skillset in conceptualizing trauma, mood disorders, and personality disorders as well as individuals who have been impacted by familial issues.