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MEET DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPIST PROVIDING CARE ACROSS ILLINOIS
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Hannah Bailey (she/her) BC-DMT, LCPC, E-RYT
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
https://hbpllc-dancetherapy.com/
Seeing client virtually and in person in Roscoe Village
Therapy is a unique and deeply personal journey. As a BC-DMT and LCPC, I believe in the power of the mind–body connection and support clients in understanding how their experiences impact their whole system. My approach is primarily client-centered and
https://hbpllc-dancetherapy.com/
Seeing client virtually and in person in Roscoe Village
Therapy is a unique and deeply personal journey. As a BC-DMT and LCPC, I believe in the power of the mind–body connection and support clients in understanding how their experiences impact their whole system. My approach is primarily client-centered and integrative, drawing from dance/movement therapy, creative arts therapies, mindfulness-based practices, CBT, narrative and solution-focused therapies, relational-cultural theory, therapeutic yoga, and energy work. I work with adolescents (14+), young adults, and adults, with extensive experience supporting individuals navigating eating disorders and body image concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, student and collegiate athlete experiences, and life transitions. With 12 years of clinical experience, I strive to create a supportive, grounded space where clients can explore creatively, deepen self-awareness, and grow into a more integrated version of themselves.
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
Owner, Hues of Wholeness
Julie is passionate about creating intimate, transformative spaces for alte/ared states. She founded SheWolf Sacred as an intersectional feminist artistic community in 2017. Since 2021, her private practice Hues of Wholeness serves adults recovering from generational trauma & striving for au
Owner, Hues of Wholeness
Julie is passionate about creating intimate, transformative spaces for alte/ared states. She founded SheWolf Sacred as an intersectional feminist artistic community in 2017. Since 2021, her private practice Hues of Wholeness serves adults recovering from generational trauma & striving for authentic living. Also since 2021, her burlesque persona, Frann Fatale, performs, produces, & practices erotic / provocative art in Chicagoland & beyond. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Graduate Laban Certified Movement Analyst & Certified Reiki Master Teacher. She lives & works in Chicago with her husband, son, & dog.
Find her online to learn more & connect : linktr.ee/heytherejulieb
Eve Chalom (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT
Julie Brannen (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA
Eve Chalom (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT
Eve is a board certified dance movement therapist and licensed professional counselor, and sees clients in person out of her home in Lombard, online, and on the ice through her figure skating as therapy practice. She has also been trained as a brain injury specialist, a yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and qigong teacher. She also work
Eve is a board certified dance movement therapist and licensed professional counselor, and sees clients in person out of her home in Lombard, online, and on the ice through her figure skating as therapy practice. She has also been trained as a brain injury specialist, a yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and qigong teacher. She also works with people recovering from cancer at the Wellness House in Hinsdale, teaching wellness classes. Visit www.healingthroughmovement.squarespace.com for more information and to contact her. For practice groups in transparent communication that she co-leads virtually biweekly, please see https://pocketproject.org/pg/seen-heard/
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
www.goodlifementalhealth.com | vanessa@goodlifementalhealth.com
Accepting new patients by March 2027.
Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist who co-founded The Good Life, a private practice she runs with her husband. She earned her MA in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University and completed her alternate ro
www.goodlifementalhealth.com | vanessa@goodlifementalhealth.com
Accepting new patients by March 2027.
Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist who co-founded The Good Life, a private practice she runs with her husband. She earned her MA in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University and completed her alternate route training in dance/movement therapy at Columbia College Chicago. She's currently a doctoral candidate in expressive arts therapy at the European Graduate School. Her work brings the body into the therapy room, helping clients connect with themselves through movement, creativity, and embodied awareness. She is licensed in Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Arizona, and Wisconsin and offers telehealth across those states.
Vanessa is open to facilitating workshops on yoga and mindfulness practices and education lectures on ADHD, relationships, expressive arts therapy and dance/movement therapy.
Steph Terrell (she/they), LCPC, BC-DMT, GL-CMA
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
Virtual only (in-person coming in 2027) EMDR Therapist
PT Today profile, Live Oak profile sterrell@liveoakchicago.com
Steph is a dance/movement therapist working in Chicago since 2016 across various clinical settings and populations. At the core of her approach to therapy, Steph centers consent, warmth, collaboration, and decolonization. T
Virtual only (in-person coming in 2027) EMDR Therapist
PT Today profile, Live Oak profile sterrell@liveoakchicago.com
Steph is a dance/movement therapist working in Chicago since 2016 across various clinical settings and populations. At the core of her approach to therapy, Steph centers consent, warmth, collaboration, and decolonization. They currently work individually with adults in private practice over telehealth and is licensed in Illinois. Clinical specialties specialize include, but are not limited to, working with members of the queer and trans communities, non-monogamous/polyamorous communities, identity exploration and development, anxiety, complex trauma, grief/loss, and uncertainty/loss of sense of purpose.
Steph also offers clinical consultation and trainings (live and recorded) through Live Oak Chicago and more information can be found here.
Photo taken by: Amy Wu at Clinical Impressions
Isa Mulcahy (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT
Vanessa De Leon (she/her), LCPC, BC-DMT (IL, FL, SC, AZ, & WI)
Isa Mulcahy (she/they), LCPC, R-DMT
Check out my website here: Isa Mulcahy, LCPC, R-DMT
I am a bilingual English and Spanish-speaking therapist and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist. I work with women, adults, and couples navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, cultural identity, and major life transitions. I specialize in helping clients reconnect with their
Check out my website here: Isa Mulcahy, LCPC, R-DMT
I am a bilingual English and Spanish-speaking therapist and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist. I work with women, adults, and couples navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, cultural identity, and major life transitions. I specialize in helping clients reconnect with their bodies, understand emotional and relational patterns, and feel more present in their lives.
Traditional talk therapy can be meaningful, but words do not always reach everything we carry. Trauma and chronic stress may also appear through tension, disconnection, difficulty resting, emotional overwhelm, or the feeling that your body is constantly preparing for something to happen.
In our sessions, we may use conversation, breath, movement, body awareness, creativity, and nervous system regulation. There is no expectation that you know how to dance or perform. Movement can be as subtle as noticing your breathing, shifting your posture, or becoming curious about where an emotion is felt in your body.
My work is also deeply informed by culture. Born in Colombia and raised between Latin America and New York, I understand the complexity of living between cultures, balancing family expectations, and building an identity that feels authentic to you. I welcome conversations about first-generation experiences, bicultural identity, interracial relationships, blended families, immigration, belonging, and the emotional patterns passed through generations.
I also bring nine years of clinical experience working with veterans, active-duty service members, and military families. I understand that military culture carries its own language, expectations, transitions, and ways of surviving.
Therapy with me is thoughtful, creative, grounded, and collaborative. Together, we can help you feel safer in your body, clearer about your needs, and more connected to the parts of yourself that may have been pushed aside.
Healing does not always begin with the right words. Sometimes it begins with a breath, a movement, or the experience of finally feeling understood.
Mind Body Connections
Contact: info4@mbconnections.net to schedule a call.
Service locations are Naperville, IL and Chicago, IL (Ravenswood). We collectively hold licenses in IL, OH, PA, MI, CO, VA, NY, ID, and VT.
DMTs that are in the practice are:
Stacey M. Hurst, LCPC, BC-DMT. stacey@mbconnections.net
Kellyn Jackson, LCPC, BC-DMT. kellyn@mbconnections.net
Stephanie Kilper, LCPC, BC-DMT. stephanie@mbconnections.net
Katy O'Hanlon Bruns, LCPC, BC-DMT. katy@mbconnections.net
Beth Berta, LPC, R-DMT. beth@mbconnections.net
Riley Cornachini, license eligible, R-DMT. riley@mbconnections.net
Shannon Suffoletto, LCPC, BC-DMT. shannon@mbconnections.net
Kiaran Hartnett, LPC, (R-DMT eligible) kiaran@mbconnections.net
Some of the LCPC's offer supervision and/or consultation.