Ask the Experts | Erica Hornthal | IG Live Q&A

Erica Hornthal, also known as the "The Therapist Who Moves You," is a clinical counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist based in Chicago, IL. Erica is the CEO of Chicago Dance Therapy and an award-winning author of the book, Body Aware. Erica is dedicated to helping people move differently in order to free themselves from patterns of overthinking and underfeeling.

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Questions Answered:

• How can someone start working with movement if they feel self-conscious, dissociated, or like they’re not a dancer?

• How does movement help us process emotion differently than talking does?

• What are the benefits of walking?

• How or what would be a best practice if someone has not been taught to feel or to avoid feeling?

• How can couples use movement to reconnect after tension — without forcing closeness or bypassing what happened?

• What are the most common signs someone is “stuck” in their body (even if they don’t realize it)?