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Who I Am & Why I Do This
I’m a Colombian therapist with an anthropological background, shaped by a long life across cultures. I was born and raised in Colombia, and since the age of 17 I have lived in Cuba, France, Germany, the Czech Republic. I have been based in the Czech Republic since 2013.
This work is deeply personal to me. Throughout my life, therapy has played a crucial role in helping me navigate change. During years marked by migration, loss, and repeated transitions, working with different therapists provided a stable anchor — a place where I could pause, reflect, and make conscious choices about how to live what I was experiencing. These therapeutic relationships supported me in becoming the adult I am today and in building the life I now have. This lived experience is a core reason why I chose to train seriously as a therapist myself and why I hold this work with such respect and responsibility.
My approach
What makes my approach unique is the combination of my experiences: My work combines warmth, creativity, and grounded optimism to support meaningful, lasting change. As a migrant woman who has lived in five countries, I understand what it means to rebuild a sense of belonging — both in the world and within yourself.
My Mission
My mission as a Dance Movement Therapist is to support people in becoming aware of their part in relationships, their emotional patterns, and behaviors, with the understanding that change is possible.
My philosophy
Body awareness
The body holds deep wisdom. Movement helps us access it, express it, and make lasting changes.
Responsibility
I believe in co-responsibility in the therapeutic process. True transformation requires effort both in and outside of our time together. It’s about being actively engaged and owning your process.
Authenticity
I create a space where people can show up as they are — no judgment.
Creativity
I value play, experimentation, and the freedom. Creativity is also a way to step out of our comfort zone, connect with the subtleness of life and listen to the inner voice we often silence in everyday life.
Compassion
My approach is warm, loving, and respectful of each client’s pace, boundaries, and background.
Cultural Sensitivity
As a migrant woman, I honor diverse stories, bodies, and ways of being. I bring awareness to cultural contrasts and identity.
My Story
Migration has not been a phase in my life — it has been the context in which I became an adult, built relationships, and made long-term decisions about who I am and how I want to live.
Living between languages and cultures reveals how deeply communication, intimacy, and identity are shaped by context. Many of the struggles expats and bicultural couples face are not personal failures, but the result of cultural mismatches, unspoken expectations, and social norms that remain invisible to those who have never lived abroad.
These differences often surface precisely where it hurts most: in relationships, decision-making, and the feeling of being “yourself” in everyday life.
I originally studied anthropology in Colombia and worked with children and adolescents in educational and social care settings.
Later, in the Czech Republic, I worked with Roma adolescents supporting their integration into mainstream schools while completing a Master’s degree in Authorial Theatre Creation and Pedagogy.
Wanting to work therapeutically in a grounded and responsible way, I then completed five years of formal training in therapy, with a strong focus on embodied processes, relational patterns, and practical change.
Today, I work with expat women and bicultural couples who are navigating major life transitions: migration, long-term partnerships across cultures, questions of belonging, boundaries, and agency.
My approach is experiential and action-oriented — not limited to talking about problems, but supporting clients in finding concrete ways to relate, decide, and live differently. Alongside my professional work, I am also building a bilingual, bicultural family, which continues to reinforce my belief that expanding our social and emotional sensitivity is essential for creating more conscious, respectful, and livable relationships across difference.
I’m a certified Dance Movement Therapist with five years of formal training. I’m a member of the Czech and Colombian Associations of Dance Movement Therapy (TANTER) and (ADMT COL). I work with people who are ready to reconnect with their bodies, shift harmful internal narratives, and take up space in their own lives.
Curriculum Vitae
2023 - today
Self-employed Dance Movement Therapist in her own practice
2019 - 2023
Dance Movement Therapy Training - Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - 2017
M.A. in Authorial Acting - The Academy of Performing Arts, DAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 - 2011
Jazz and Contemporary Dance training - Toulouse, France
2004 - 2010
B.A. in Anthropology - Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia
1991 - 2002
Classical Ballet training - Academia de Ballet Anna Pavlova, Bogotá, Colombia