MariaCristina Canta
Psychological Counsellor & Dance and Movement Therapist
I am a body-oriented psychological counselor who can support En-It-De speaking clients. My practice focuses on helping individuals or groups explore emotions and improve their body awareness through creative processes.
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About me
After finishing my Bachelor in Psychology in 2013 I continued my studies in Dance Movement Therapy while completing internships in the subject in Berlin. I completed an advanced Training in Trauma Therapy, at the Trauma Therapie Institut Berlin (TIB) and finishing a Master’s Program in Dance Movement Therapy and Trauma (Art Therapy Italiana, Italy).
I have been formally working as a Dance Movement Therapist and as a body-oriented psychological counselor with adults, kids and psychiatric patients in Berlin since 2021. I also offer expressive movement workshops in collaboration with different associations based in Berlin, focusing on inclusion and body awareness.
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Approach
My work is grounded in a trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and body-oriented approach. Sessions can be entirely verbal, depending on the needs and preferences of each person. When necessary or requested, then I also integrate movement, creative, and expressive methods to support emotional exploration, self-awareness, and personal growth.
I believe that both words and bodily experience can offer valuable pathways to understanding ourselves. Through a collaborative process, I support clients in developing a deeper awareness of their emotions, needs, relational patterns, and inner resources. The integration of verbal reflection and embodied experience can help strengthen emotional regulation, resilience, and a sense of connection with oneself and others.
My aim is to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive space in which meaningful change can emerge at a sustainable pace.
My approach follows the principles of the Psychodynamic integrated by the LMA (Laban Movement Analysis) and the KMB (Kestenberg Movement Profile), systems and methods of movement observation and analysis, fundamentals tools, and guide of my Dance Therapy - Psychological counseling sessions.
Experience
Apr 2023 - today: Dance Movement Therapist at the "Besondere Wohnform Kreuzberg-Unionhilfswerk", Berlin (Germany) Aug 2022 - today: Dance Movement Therapist at the psychiatric clinic "MHI-Mental Health Institute", Berlin (Germany) Oct 2021 - April 2023: Movement Therapist at the psychiatric and Psychosomatic clinic "Friedrich von Bodelschwingh", Berlin (Germany) 2021 - now: Freelancing Dance Movement Therapist/Psychological Counselor in Berlin, in collaboration with "Salutare e.V.", "Mariposa Frauenprojekt", "Artemisia Projekt", "AWO Begegnungszentrum Berlin", "IntoDance", Berlin (Germany) 2017 - 2021: Intern Dance Movement Therapist, with groups of children between 4 and 12 years old and through individual sessions for adults - "Grundschule im Blumenviertel", Berlin; "Montessori Oberschule Potsdam", Potsdam; "Frauen Zentrum S.U.S.I.", Berlin; "Kita Arcobaleno", Berlin 2007 - 2018: Freelancing dancer and dance teacher, in Italy and in Germany
Education
2023 Certificate in Psychological Counseling - REKS am Westend, Berlin (DE) 2021 Certificate in Dance Movement Therapy - Art Therapy Italiana, Bologna (IT) 2013 Bachelor in Psychology - La Sapienza, Rome (IT) 2007 Degree in Dance - Centro Studi Danza e Movimento, Firenze (IT)
Services
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Individual Session
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