Dance/Movement Therapy
Trauma-Informed D/MT Practitioner

Priya Vijay


Priya offers trauma-informed, somatic therapy rooted in body awareness and creative expression. Her approach supports emotional regulation, body–mind integration, and creates space for healing through an embodied presence. Each session is paced in collaboration with the client, gently attuning to the body’s unique ways of expressing, sensing and being.

Experience: 4 years of Experienced

Language: English, Kannada

Fees: To be Updated. Please Whatsapp for further Details.

Do I work with a sliding scale- Yes


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I’m Here to Help With:

  • Emotional Awareness

  • Depression

  • Stress Management

  • Anxiety

  • Trauma Recovery

  • Self-esteem & Body Image Issues


  • Self-expression

  • Ecological Anxiety & Grief


About Priya


As a Dance/Movement Therapy practitioner, I work with individuals and groups to support mental health through body-based and creative approaches, with a focus on preventive care. In the last four years, I have worked with women survivors of violence and trauma, children and adolescents with specific learning difficulties and with those who are on the autism spectrum. I follow an intersectional and person-centric approach and use a combination of psychological theories with creative tools such as movement, music and visual art in the therapeutic process. I am also the co-founder of a mental health initiative, Halcyon Experience LLP, that uses arts-based practices in climate psychology — creating spaces for resilience, connection and meaning-making in response to ecological grief and climate anxiety. I believe the way we experience and express through our bodies is deeply personal. By becoming more aware of this, we can create space — both physically and mentally — to better understand our thoughts, feelings and choices. I regularly engage in professional development through workshops and trainings to keep my practice informed and evolving. ​



  • The foundation of my therapeutic practice is built upon a person-centric approach, which places the individual at the centre of their own healing process. I approach my work from an intersectional lens, which allows me to recognize the complexities of each person’s social, cultural and environmental context.
    I use a trauma-informed approach that prioritises safety, trust and empowerment, recognizing the deep connection between mind and body in the healing process. Through body-based therapy, I support clients in accessing and processing emotions held in the body facilitating the expression of feelings that might be difficult to verbalize. Movement can foster creativity and play, allowing clients to reframe their experiences and express their emotions in a nonjudgmental, empowering way.

  • Diploma in Dance/Movement Therapy – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Kolkata Sanved

  • I bring deep empathy and patience into my work, creating space for clients to feel seen and heard. I value creativity and play in the therapeutic process — I believe it’s often in those lighter, curious moments that we learn and unlearn the most about ourselves.

Trauma Informed Dance and Movement Therapist



Don't let your inability to communicate, listen, or even simply be in your body prevent you from recovering from your trauma. Dancing opens up the possibility of everything, so you can rewrite your own narrative and the story you want to tell.

It could be challenging to see dance as the standard, mainstream, or even an evidence-based practice for trauma recovery. In our personal practice, we've worked with numerous people who have trauma reactions when they think about dancing. Many people have been so shamed, ridiculed, and taunted for their dancing prowess that it makes them anxious even to be invited to a wedding or other social event where dancing may be included.

Since much of our communication is nonverbal, it is well known that times of extreme anxiety, terror, and distress cause the brain's spoken language centres to shut down. Dancing's fundamental element is movement, which we all do throughout the day, frequently unconsciously. Not only does trauma alter our brains, but it also modifies our movements. By ignoring our movements, we omit a significant portion of the healing process.

Dance and Movement Therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy that was developed in the US in the late 1940s and canters on using movement to enhance a person's physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual qualities. Dance/movement therapy, emphasizes that everyone has the freedom to express themselves and should be seen, acknowledged, and welcomed for who they are rather than just what or how they think. Dance/movement therapy focuses on early movement habits and patterns that are often interrupted and altered for survival, even though it gives people the chance to dance and use dance as a creative expression, communication, creativity, and catharsis.

Our in house dance and movement therapists aims to establish a symbiotic link between the mind and body that promotes integration, neuroception, and nervous system regulation. Clients can practice authentic movement, cultural dances, improvisation, meditation, guided imagery, or basic somatic awareness.