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Dec 1, 2023

Today’s Guest: Annabelle Coote, MA, LMHC, BC-DMT,  is a licensed mental health therapist, certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist, and board-certified dance/movement therapist based in Massachusetts. She has more than 25 years’ experience using somatic, creative, and experiential approaches. At Mind Body Matters, Annabelle offers consultation and training for therapists who want to develop their clinical work using mind, body, and creativity. In her private practice, Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy, she specializes in anxiety, trauma, women’s issues, life transitions, and cultivating creativity. Annabelle has authored book chapters on depression and trauma using embodied and creative approaches in therapy and telehealth and has presented at numerous conferences. Annabelle is known for her deep compassion, humor, quirky metaphors, spontaneous creativity, ability to simplify complex concepts, and the conviction that profound transformation happens in tiny steps.

SHOW TOPICS

  • Aspiring for groundedness amidst the messiness of life and therapy

  • How imposter syndrome and the pressure to know everything can derail our work and creativity

  • Taking risks in the therapy room to help clients become unstuck and turn off their “autopilot” responses

  • Practicing the entire spectrum of nonviolence as a therapist and eliminating negative or adversarial vocabulary from the therapeutic lexicon

SHOW LINKS

  • Annabelle Coote

https://annabellecoote.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annabellecoote/
Private practice: https://movementmatterstherapy.com 

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oasisforsomatictherapy 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabellecoote/  

Instagram: annabelle_coote 

  • Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy — and What You Can Do About It by Resmaa Menakem

https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Love-Partner-Sometimes-Crazy_and/dp/1949481794/

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Disclaimer
Beyond Artist's Block represents the opinions of its host and guests and is not meant as a substitute for therapy. It is for informational and educational purposes only. Please reach out to your healthcare provider with any specific questions you may have.