KENDRA KIRANE, MS, LCAT, BC-DMT is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in movement psychotherapy, creative arts therapies, and authentic movement.  She has been working in the mental health field since 2006.  Her philosophy is rooted in the process of self-discovery, helping individuals express their whole story through movement, dance, and words. In her therapeutic process individuals move forward, experience healthy transformation, and begin to heal.

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Kendra actively engages clients in the arts as a means of accessing feelings and bolstering ego strength. She works with children, adults, families, and clients who want to establish a healthy relationship to the body, connect authentically, and reach a positive sense of self in the world.  In working with Kendra, clients can overcome depression, anxiety, addictions, and cope with past traumas. 

Kendra graduated with distinction from Pratt Institute, receiving an M.S. in Creative Arts Therapy specializing in Dance/Movement Therapy. She completed a psychoanalytic fellowship from the Psychoanalytic Institute affiliated with NYU School of Medicine and is licensed by the State of New York as a Creative Arts Therapist. She is board certified by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) and certified as an Authentic Movement Practitioner. To deepen her understanding of trauma-informed care, she has studied phase-based trauma treatment using verbal and art-based interventions from New York’s School of Visual Arts and received a certificate in arts and trauma treatment from the Kint Institute. As an educator, Kendra has led in-services at Bellevue Hospital and has guest lectured throughout New York City and beyond. 

Prior to her career as a movement therapist Kendra was co-director at Tango Renaissance USA. She studied theatre arts at UC Santa Cruz and will always be a banana slug at heart. Kendra enjoys picking up languages, creative writing, meditation, and is now learning basic guitar chords in her leisure time.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

  • Master of Science Degree

  • Fellowship in Psychoanalysis

  • Certificate as Authentic Movement Practitioner

  • Certificate as Arts and Trauma Treatment Practitioner

  • Certificate as Teacher of English as Foreign/Second Language

CREDENTIALS/BOARD CERTIFICATION: 

  • Licensed by New York State Office of Professions to practice psychotherapy

  • Board Certified by American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)

  • Registered by American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)

PRESENTATIONS: 

  • Guest faculty, CHI Professional Development: CAT for the General Practitioner - Pathways to Working with Anxiety, Trauma, and Substance Use (Spring 2021)

  • Panelist, Molloy College: LCAT Private Practice Panel (Fall 2019)

  • Guest lecturer, NYU: Creative Arts Therapy in Clinical Social Work (Fall 2017)

  • Guest lecturer, NYU: Creative Arts Therapy in Clinical Social Work (Spring 2017)

  • Guest faculty, Sarah Lawrence College: Clinical Internship Practicum II (Spring 2016)

  • DMT and authentic movement in-services for clinicians and medical students at Bellevue Hospital Center HHC (2013-2015)

  • Guest lecturer, Pratt Institute: DMT in Forensic Psychiatry (Spring 2015)

  • Guest lecturer, Queens College: Authentic Movement (Spring 2015)

  • Guest lecturer, Yeshiva University: Integrative Assessment and Treatment of SPMI - Principles of Movement Therapy (Fall 2014)

  • Assistant guest lecturer, Pratt Institute's Spring Institute: Dancing Your Story, Playing with Imagery (Spring 2014)

  • Guest lecturer, The New School: Authentic Movement (Fall 2013)

  • Guest lecturer, NYU: Dance/Movement Therapy (Spring 2013)

  • Guest lecturer, Queens College: Authentic Movement (Spring 2013)

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