Season 2 of Movement Meets Therapy, formerly "Every Body Dances."
Erica Hornthal is a licensed clinical professional counselor, board-certified dance/movement therapist, and the CEO and founder of Chicago Dance Therapy. Since graduating with her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling from Columbia College Chicago, Erica has worked with thousands of patients aged 3-107. Known as “The Therapist Who Moves You,” Hornthal is changing the way people see movement with regard to mental health. Erica recently published her first book, Body Aware. Erica shares what it was like joining the Dance/Movement Therapy field in the beginning, her early career, and the clients she met with.
What were the struggles from the beginning? What were the joys and fulfillments? Erica shared how her writing process went when writing her first book, and how she kept returning to the body during the process.
