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Lisa Fladager, MCAT, LMHC, DTR, CMA

Dedication to the Work

I love this work because I have personally experienced its power, breadth and depth in people's lives - including my own. Movement and the expressive arts connect us with ourselves and with the world in a way that traditional talk therapy alone can never do. This way of working honors the whole self: body, heart, soul, mind, dreams, imagination, creativity, feelings, sensations and spirit. Through honoring the imaginal and symbolic life, one can restore soul to the world and make a way through what can seem like a pathless land. It is possible to un-cover and re-member one's own healing potential and harness it for wholeness.
 
Credentials and Background
 
25 years of professional clinical experience in public and private settings with individuals and groups of all backgrounds and needs 
 
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Washington State
 
Masters in Creative Arts Therapy with a concentration in Dance-Movement Therapy, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA.
 
Registered Dance-Movement Therapist, American Dance Therapy Association
 
Certified in Hendricks Body-Centered Transformation
 
Certified Movement Analyst, Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York
 
Extensive training in Authentic Movement at the Authentic Movement Institute, Berkeley, CA with Neala Haze, Tina Stromsted, and continuing with Janet Adler
 
Intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with Marsha Linehan
 
Professional training in Jungian Studies with the North Pacific Institute for Analytical Psychology, Seattle, WA
 
Doctoral student in Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Psychotherapy at Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA
 
Professional member American Dance Therapy Association
 
Professional member Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, NYC
 
Certified Teacher and Supervisor of the Dances of Universal Peace, Peaceworks International