Episode 8 | Movement and Dance as Medicine: Healing Trauma Through the Language of the Body with Erica Hornthal
About this episode
This episode features an interview with Erica Hornthal discussing the healing power of movement and dance in relation to trauma.
In this interview episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Erica Hornthal, a licensed clinical professional counselor, board-certified dance/movement therapist, and the founder of Chicago Dance Therapy. Known as “The Therapist Who Moves You,” Erica has spent decades helping people understand movement not just as expression, but as a direct pathway to healing, regulation, and change. Together, we explore what it really means to become body aware, how trauma shapes the way w...
Keywords
- dance/movement therapy
- healing
- regulation
- change
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