Kellyn Uhl, MS, BC-DMT (she/they)
I found my way to this work through my own journey of healing and know firsthand that our bodies hold the story of our lived experience. I spent many years attempting to solve my own physical and emotional pain with thinking - and talking about what I was thinking! It would take a long time for me to discover that the pain I felt required less thinking and more sensing, more feeling. The pain I carried was an invitation to listen more closely to the story of my body. This story was demanding to be felt and heard. To my surprise, this story wanted to be moved…to be danced.
What I have discovered along my way is the courage, playfulness, connection, relief, and joy found through expressive movement that is shared with others.
I approach my work as a dance/movement therapist with enthusiasm, curiosity, and a well-earned humility for the wisdom of the body. I employ a humanistic approach and believe that each one of us - when offered space, time, and compassion - is innately driven to grow, change, and heal in our own unique and wonderful ways.
I consider it an honor to bear witness
to your story. We work together as
creative collaborators
to tell it, make sense of it, and
find a chosen way forward.
Kellyn is a nationally Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) practicing in Mid-Michigan. She received her Masters of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy from Sarah Lawrence College, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with Specialization in Dance from Michigan State University.
Kellyn is in her seventh year working with adolescents and adults in inpatient psychiatry and partial hospitalization programming. She works with people living with Parkinson’s Disease and children in a preschool setting. She has served as adjunct faculty at Antioch University, providing clinical supervision and mentorship to students in their dance/movement therapy graduate program for four semesters.
Kellyn has directed and choreographed productions at her alma mater MSU, and has taught full-semester courses within the Department of Theatre, including Dance Improvisation, Tap, and Introduction to Dance. Her previous career as a theater artist informs and infuses her dance/movement therapy approach with playfulness and skillful spontaneity.
“we mirror, we reflect, we feel in the deepest part of ourselves,
what our clients communicate” —linni deihl