Kathleen Rea , (C)OACCPP

Body & Movement focused Expressive Arts Therapy

I believe our bodies have an inherent wisdom that can lead us towards insight and healing. I incorporate Expressive Arts Therapy with 20 years of experience in professional dance to create a body and movement based style of therapy. I work with youth and adults helping them to break through patterns of anxiety, stress, crisis and depression. My work also includes assistance with life-transitions, loss, the effects of trauma and a desire to become more embodied. I believe that suffering is often related to challenges in being able to imagine a way through. I hope to offer my clients creative ways to imagine a path through their challenges using body-based knowledge as a guide. I work with individuals from all walks of life including business people and artists. My practice is LGBT friendly and accessible to people with disabilities. The setting is a home dance studio with a sprung floor in a quiet setting in the Yonge and Eglinton area (10 min walk from sub).

Credentials

• Expressive Arts Therapy Masters degree
• Psychology Certificate (Ryerson University)
• Certified member of the OACCPP
• Five years in private practice
• Experience with agencies such as Central Toronto Youth Services
• Former dancer with the National Ballet Company of Canada and Tiroler Landestheatre
• 12 years experience as a dance teacher.
• Currently a faculty member at George Brown College Dance
• Choreographed over 20 ballets for main stage productions