Charlotte is a dance/movement therapy graduate student, artist, and educator who brings a playful and grounded spirit to her practice.

Charlotte Stickles, MS candidate

Dance/Movement Therapy Graduate Student

Cold Spring and Virtual

Accepting New Clients

Charlotte is an associate dance/movement therapist, artist, and educator who brings a playful and grounded spirit to her practice. She believes her clients to be the experts of their own lives, and her interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to therapy makes space for intuition and exploration. Charlotte’s experience as a dancer and improviser allows her to witness patiently and respond presently, offering embodied support through the complex processes of transition, regulation, and discovery. She is passionate about eco-psychology, and how our environments shape inner landscapes and states of being. Through tailored movement directives, artmaking, talk therapy, and time spent outdoors, Charlotte strives to empower her clients in their unique strengths, insights, and creativity.

Education and Certifications

MS Candidate in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute

BFA in Dance with distinction in creative research from The Ohio State University

Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training from Balanced Body University

Specialties

Children and Teens
Dance/Movement Therapy
Nature Based Therapy
Life Transitions
Anxiety
Neurodivergence

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she/her

Favorite Resources

How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World by Ann Cooper Albright
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
Shrink Rap Podcast: Harriet Sams PhD student on Ecotherapy and Archaeotherapy
Communicating Through Movement Therapy – Lea Comte
Livable Futures, an emergent digital and physical community for creative solutions

Insurance Charlotte can accept

“Movement is a metabolism. You don’t have to be a trained dancer to cultivate a movement practice. It exists in everything you’re already doing – breathing, digesting, growing, thinking, and exploring. By tapping into those innate rhythms and exploring possibility, we get to know ourselves and our world better.”

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Working with plants teaches me to soften, listen, and adapt. There are invaluable lessons in the dance of working with land – in the way it asks me to yield to the process, to pause and rest, and to value different expressions of aliveness. Spending time outside reminds me to honor wisdom in all its forms, which allows for more easeful following of intuition, in body and in mind. I hope to help clients cultivate their own meaningful practices of presence and care.

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