Welcome

About Me

I’m Stephanie, a Dance Movement Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor based in Texas. My path into this work began at the intersection of psychology, movement, and creative expression. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 2002, and for many years worked as a research assistant while also performing as a modern dancer and teaching dance.

In 2021, I completed my Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Dance Movement Therapy at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This training deepened my commitment to somatic, creative, and relational approaches to healing.

Alongside my work with clients at Embodied Moon Counseling, I serve as a child and adult therapist at a non-profit organization in Dallas, and I continue to teach dance on occasion. I am currently in the process of earning my board certification as a Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), the highest level of professional certification in the field.

My work is informed by years of study, movement practice, and lived experience, and guided by a belief in the body as a vital source of wisdom, resilience, and connection.

About Embodied Moon Counseling

Embodied Moon Counseling, PLLC was founded from a longing to offer a somatic practice that is deeply healing, restorative, creative, and alive. This work is rooted in the belief that the body holds wisdom, memory, and pathways toward healing when we are given space to listen.

I offer individual and group Dance Movement Therapy, inviting clients to reconnect with themselves through movement, breath, rhythm, improvisation, and creative expression. Sessions honor each person’s unique pace and unfold in relationship with the body’s natural intelligence.

In addition to therapy, I offer consultation to students, artists, educators, alternative healers, and counseling professionals who are interested in weaving somatic awareness and expressive arts into their own work. These offerings support both community care and the development of sustainable, embodied self-care practices.

My approach weaves Dance Movement Therapy with ecotherapy and nature-based practices, art-making, Gestalt psychotherapy, and person-centered talk therapy. Guided by the cycles of the moon and the rhythms of the natural world, this work honors intuition, relationship, and the understanding that healing is not linear, but cyclical and deeply embodied.

Embodied Moon Counseling is a space for remembering—of connection, creativity, and the innate wisdom carried within the body.

Hope to be in touch with you soon and until then....

On with the dance, Stephanie