When you are ready,
I am here.
Dawn Holtan, she/they
Dawn helps people heal from trauma, grief, and other shocks to the system by integrating and rewriting their stories while they learn to listen to their bodies. Dawn is warm, direct, and playful, and she has experience working with people of all ages and abilities, including folks with physical and developmental disabilities; on the Autism spectrum; and with PTSD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Depression, Anxiety, and Borderline Personality disorders.
Dawn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #152671) with a Master of Science in Counseling (MFT emphasis) from CSU East Bay; a Bachelor of Arts (writing and dance) from Bard College; a certified Realization Process Healing Ground teacher; a longtime movement meditator; and a performing dancetheater artist. Dawn has decades of experience facilitating group and individual narrative creation and movement improvisation with a focus on embodied presence and authenticity. Dawn’s clinical training includes attachment-based psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, narrative, and drama therapy.
C-DBT in progress, Lane Pederson
CBT for Psychosis, CC Health
FBT for Anorexia, CC Health
Gender Affirming Care, CC Health
DvT Level One training, iWest
Principles of Drama Therapy, Living Arts Center
Masters Practicum Training Program, Through the Looking Glass
What is Narrative Practice, the Dulwich Centre
M.S. in Counseling, MFT Emphasis, CSU East Bay
Realization Process Healing Ground Teacher, Judith Blackstone
B.A. in Dance Choreography & Written Arts, Bard College
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