Verónica Berezowsky, MA-DMT, RCC

SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Cyclic Wisdom - Vancouver, Canada 2018 - Currently
Private practice - Individual and group counselling working with folks recovering from PTSD, developmental or patriarchal trauma. I have a client centred approach, and mainly use somatic therapy, dance/movement psychotherapy, EMDR, and (for women) cyclical awareness.

Cyclic Wisdom – Amsterdam, NL 2013-2015
Private practice - Individual counselling working with women, with a client centred approach and through somatic therapy, dance/movement psychotherapy and cyclical awareness.

i-psy (Intercultural Psychiatry) – Amsterdam & Almere, NL 2013-2014
Dance/Movement psychotherapist - Individual and group dance/movement psychotherapy working with immigrant and refugee women recovering from PTSD and developmental trauma.

COMMUNITY ENGAGED DANCE/MOVEMENT

Arts & Health – Strathcona Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Currently
Dance artist/therapist – develop and deliver a community engaged dance programme for, and in collaboration with, immigrant Chinese seniors, providing a forum for expression and communication, exploration and imagination that fosters a sense of well-being and belonging.

Moving Stories – Strathcona Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C. 2019-2020 Dance artist/therapist – developed and delivered a community engaged dance therapy programme for Syrian refugee young mothers, providing them with a safe space to find home within their body and improve their health and well-being. The program stopped in 2020 due to the current pandemic.

Miscellaneous Productions – Vancouver, B.C. 2016-2018 Dance psychotherapist – Provided dance and yoga therapy interventions for culturally and socially representative youth who face multiple barriers, accompanying their process through the program.

Cuna for Women Netherlands – co-founder 2018-2020 In collaboration with two colleagues, developed a program to support women in reclaiming the ancestral value of sexuality, menstruation and menopause as source of healing, and through practices to reconnect and embrace with their body and regulate their nervous system.

From 2006 to 2016 I developed, coordinated and participated in various projects that used dance and movement as tools for transformation and inclusion. I worked with different groups such as youth facing multiple socio-economical barriers, adults with disability and youth involved in the justice system, within others, and with different organizations like Dance Unitec (UK), Amici Dance Theatre Company (UK), Dance For All (South Africa), within others.

YOGA

Yoga en Español – Founder 2018 - Currently Safe space for Spanish speaking folks to learn/practice yoga and build conscious community (website)
Ashtanga Yoga Vancouver – Ashtanga Yoga instructor 2016 - Currently
Womens Health Collective – Trauma informed Yoga instructor (volunteer) 2017-1018
Yoga Outreach/Dixon Transition House – Trauma informed Yoga instructor 2016/2017 Delight Yoga Studio, Amsterdam, NL – Yoga instructor and somatic therapist. 2011-2016

COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT

From 2001 to 2016 I worked in the Cooperation & Development field with organisations like UNICEF Mexico, Amnesty International, UK and Oxfam Novib Netherlands, implementing income generation and human/women/children rights projects through out Latin America, Africa and Asia. My roles included managing grants, conducting assessments on grants and micro loans for small producers and indigenous women organizations, strengthening local capacity and building partnerships.

VOLUNTARY WORK

Since 2002 I have volunteered in different organisations through out Europe, Latin America and Africa, working with women and youth with yoga, dance therapy and community dance. In 2003 I founded the organization Children of Mexico in the Netherlands, to support the education of children in Mexico by creating dialogue and solidarity bridges between Mexicans living in the Netherlands and projects in their home country, and acted as Chair from 2003 to 2007 (website).

EDUCATION

MA Dance Movement Therapy, CODARTS, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Postgraduate Certificate Community Dance, TRINITY LABAN, London, UK.
Actuarial Science Bachelors Degree, ITAM University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, México City, Graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Bachelors Degree, Year Abroad, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

Other Credentials

Registerred Clinical Counsellor - BCACC (Canada)
Registerred Somatic Movement Therapist – ISMETA (International)
Registerred Dance Movement Therapist – ADTA
Registerred EMDR Therapist – EMDR Canada and EMDRIA
200hr Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training (Eindhoven, NL)
Core Training, Yoga Outreach (Vancouver, Canada)
Advanced Training in Authentic Movement (Ardooie, Belgium)
Dance-therapy for Eating Disorders (Canada)
Well Woman Yoga Therapy and Women’s Quest Apprenticeship Training, Red School (UK) Shamanism, Energy Healing and Chi Kung 7 lotus training (Vancouver, B.C., currently)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Clinical Counsellor registered in the Crime Victim Assistance Programme for B.C.

• In process of registration with the First Nations Health Authority as Mental Health Provider.

• Presenting at ISMETA Engaging Embodiment Conference in March 2021.

• Bilingual Spanish - English, intermediate Dutch, French and Portuguese