Learn more about Cea’s journey and approach
You are a unique and necessary puzzle piece in the greater puzzle of humanity
Cea In Depth is born from a combination of my nature, passions, and the work I have devoted to for about 15 years (so far).
I am a naturally curious and deeply-reflective person, which inspired me on a journey of understanding the human experience, healing, connection, and expression. My continuous curiosity and devotion to service led me in unexpected and unconventional directions.
Discovering what healing and freedom really mean has led me down and into the body, where we cannot use our two eyes to see and instead must feel our way through.
Learning how individuals and the collective heal led me into work as a:
Former Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in treating trauma, PTSD and Complex-PTSD, anxiety, and struggles with self-trust and self-worth
Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist specializing in CranioSacral Therapy and TriggerPoint Therapy
Yoga Teacher (RYT-500) specializing in yoga therapy, alignment and anatomy, yoga for trauma, and trauma-sensitive practices
I currently am earning an MFA and in the process of becoming Designated as a Linklater Voice Teacher.
In my quest, I came to understand that “mind-body connection” implies the oppressive lie of disconnection. In fact, mind, body, emotions, and soul are one, which constantly reflect each other. Thus, our healing processes require being honored as one whole, complex, dynamic organism that is part of a greater whole.
“I want to unfold, for where I am closed, I am false.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
We each are born with an essence that begs to be embraced, embodied, and expressed.
When dissociated from our true nature — our authenticity — struggles and symptoms can show up throughout our systems, from clogged lymph to destructive social policies.
Thus, healing and truthful expression involves our re-discovery and re-connection with our selves.
Because life is like a diamond with many facets, I understand that helping you attune to your true self requires a breadth and depth of understanding about the human experience. I have studied many ways of understanding the human experience and connecting with each individual, which you can learn more about in the drop-down menu below.
While our work together focuses on your body and human experience, the work we do can ripple out in meaningful and positive ways across your life.
Learn more about my work and experiences
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I continue my studies in bodywork through the Upledger Institute as well as the Chikly Institute. My bodywork practice specializes in CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release, and TriggerPoint Therapy.
I apprenteiced with Luvia Swanson - who teaches for. theUpledger Institute and apprenticed directly with Dr. Upledger - in CranioSacral Therapy. I also apprenticed with Cat Matlock in TriggerPoint Therapy.
My practice also weaves in Lymphatic Drainage Therapy, Heart-Centered Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, and Ayurveda.
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I have devoted to understanding the human experience, artistic expression, health, and vitality throughout the life course through dynamic ways of moving the body. I have deeply practiced and studied:
Pure Movement
Trish Arnold designed Pure Movement to train actors to embody imagination, release impulse freely, and knit the whole body together
Yoga
I am an RYT-500 with thousands of hours of training. I specialize in yoga therapeutics.
I have taught yoga in studios, the VA Hospital in the Psychiatric Unitand Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and Residential Treatment Program, at a school for children with Autism and Down’s Syndrome, and as a guest teacher in 300-hour teacher trainings.
I studied under Libby Hinsley, Joe Taft, Martia Rachman, and Janelle Railey.
I got my 200-hour and 300-hour trainings in therapeutics, and I specialize in therapeutics and anatomy, yoga for trauma, and trauma-informed practices.
Fighting Monkey
Movement Culture (Ido Portal, Roye Goldschmidt)
Strength & Bodyweight Training
CrossFit, Lagree, Pilates, TRX
Dance
Boxing
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I study under Mary Irwin Furey, Gemma May Maddock, Stephen Kemble, and Deb Garvey in the MFA in Voice (with Linklater Designaton) based in London. I also study under Robin Christian-McNair in accents, dialects, and speech, and Geordie MacMinn in voice.
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I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with my Master’s in Social Work and was a licensed therapist for over 6 years before centering my focus more so on voice, movement, and bodywork.
I have worked in private practice; inpatient, intensive outpatient, and outpatient treatment; and in hospitals treating trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, psychosis, and disconnection.
I also hold a B.A. from Davidson College, where I majored in Theatre and minored in Spanish.
“Fitting in requires you to change yourself. Belonging requires you to be yourself.”
~ Brené Brown
Core Values
Curiosity
Every change process, as well as true connection, requires curiosity (not assumption), which weaves through our work via presence, playfulness, and questions that seek to understand and clarify. I remain curious about your truths, your experiences, and your hopes.
Authenticity
For you to be on a journey towards genuineness, I, too, must be honest and real with you. I show up as my true-human self in our sessions and my offerings through clear disclosure of any intentions, elimination of agendas, groundedness, and humour. I keep it real, as they say.
Integrity
I ensure a gravity-of-center by offering only high-quality services that I myself have deeply integrated, speaking from an embodied-sense of truth, and continuing my own education and furthering my competency. If any need of yours falls outside my scope of practice, I will do my best to connect you with a trusted practitioner or resource.
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Schedule a free 20-minute consultation to ask questions, get a feel for what it would be like to work together, and create a plan for going in depth with Cea.
