Awaken Hope with Melanie Smithson Speaking on Shake Yourself Free

Melanie Smithson, MA, BC-DMT, LPC, CHt

Melanie Smithson, MA, DMT, LPC, CHt holds a Master's degree from Naropa University in Somatic Psychology and taught in the department for many years. She is the author of the award-winning book, Stress Free in 30 Seconds: A Slightly Irreverent Approach to Navigating Life's Challenges. Her orientation is towards incorporating the wisdom of the body into therapy sessions, as well as releasing emotions that may have gotten caught in the body. Physical ailments are often connected to buried emotions and will shift as the emotions shift. She is a Dance Movement Therapist, play therapist and hypnotherapist and is proficient in EMDR and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy. She is also a certified Sedona Method Coach and offers many groups and workshops blending this method with movement and creative modalities for effective release. Melanie specializes in spiritual growth,relationships, grief and loss, trauma, childhood abuse issues, anxiety and depression and goal attainment.

Melanie is passionate about play for young and old, believing the creative process to be key to healing and spiritual growth.

Click here to see Melanie's curriculum vitae.

Read an article written by Melanie on Service and Play.

Read Melanie's talk on the power of letting go.

Website: https://www.smithsonclinic.com