Susan Saenger, PLLC

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Movement is our first language

Counseling Services

Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling

I work with individuals, and sometimes families, using a movement-based form of psychtherapy called Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT). This means that as we work together, not only will we talk about feelings, thoughts, or problems, but we will also move through them. People find this helpful because our body-minds are not always logical, rational or even verbal. Our bodies have a language of their own. Sometimes it needs to be put into words and sometimes it is enough to allow the body to speak simply though the movement.

Classes/ Groups

Right now I'm not doing groups or classes. Most recently I was running a series of classes specifically for teenagers and adults with autism. It was really fun. The guys, and one young woman, really enjoyed it. We worked with rhythmic interactions, sensory and body awareness activities, and creative play in order to help the students with some of the known deficits of ASD. I think the group really did have a sense of themselves in community and had fun! The group was made possible through a grant from the Orange County Arts Commission and was held at Extraordinary Ventures in Chapel Hill.

This was a group with seniors. I've also worked with men and women with cancer at the Piedmont Regional Cancer Center in Greensboro.