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Toni L. Freni MS, ADTR

Dance/Movement Therapist with over 20 years of professional experience. Over the course of her career she has worked with a variety of populations including pediatric oncology and hematology (pediatric blood and marrow transplant), mental health facilities (varied ages), children and adults with special needs, school settings, private practice with adults, and children who have experienced various forms of trauma and loss. She has eleven years of experience in the field of Child Life services within a psychosocial program in a hospital setting. She works part-time as an independent contracted professional facilitating Creative Arts Therapy/DMT workshops collaborating with artists in the community for culminating therapeutic projects. She also teaches ballroom dance and plans to pursue her certification as a Life Coach.

Christina Devereaux, MA, LCAT, LMHC, ADTR, NCC

a registered dance/movement therapist, licensed creative arts therapist, licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, and doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology with a specialty in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy where she teaches graduate students in the Dance Therapy program. In addition, she is currently being funded by the Andrea Rizzo Foundation to provide dance/movement therapy in public schools throughout Long Island, NY for children on the autistic spectrum and with special needs. Christina has served on the Board of Directors for the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) and is a Past President of the Southern California Chapter of the ADTA. She has extensive clinical experience with a variety of populations including children with severe emotional disturbance and with pervasive developmental disorders, victims of abuse and neglect, families in crisis, adults with mental illness and dual diagnosis, and supporting healthy attachment with mother/infant dyads.

Rosana Hernandez, MA

Franklin Square Public Schools

Rosana Hernandez is a Master's Candidate in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Dance. She has been facilitating expressive movement with children ranging from the ages 2-10 years old for over six years and has extensive training and practice in Latin and contemporary modern dance. She has provided both individual and group dance/movement therapy to children, adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings including those with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and behavioral disorders. She uses the intricate creative movement process to foster movement dialogue, symbolic expression, and therapeutic alliance so that one can improve frustration tolerance, impulse control and be exposed to novelty and contact with one's environment.

Jean Consoletti Basiner, MA, DTR, CPC

St. Joseph's Hospital for Children

A Dance/Movement Psychotherapist working with children with cancer and special needs in schools and hospitals. She is also a Certified Parenting Coordinator as well as a Certified Volunteer for Life Path Hospice and Palliative Care. Jean has been featured on NBC CH8 News in Tampa, Florida and in The Tampa Tribune. She travels throughout New England and Florida as a dance/movement therapy provider for schools and hospitals that have been granted funds from The Andrea Rizzo Foundation. She also has her own practice, Dance4Health. Jean has over 20 years of dance training and dances with the Boston College Liturgical Dance Ensemble.

Sharon O"Neill Mulcahy,MS,MA, DTR, CLM

CT Children's Medical Center
East Hampton Public Schools

Dance/Movement Therapist working with a diverse population, including children with autism and special needs in public schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island. She also works with Cancer pediatric patients at The CT Children's Hospital on a weekly basis. She spent 37 years as an Elementary school teacher.For 20 years she owned and operated her own Studio of Dance.

Melissa Sabatini, MA, DTR

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Melissa is a RI based Dance/Movement Therapist who works with pediatric patients at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI and with special needs children at Narragansett Elementary School, RI. Her work in the public school setting was recently a front page feature in the Narragansett Times newspaper. In addition to her work through the Andrea Rizzo Foundation, Melissa is also a full time Expressive Arts Psychotherapist at another RI hospital. As an Expressive Therapist Melissa employs dance and movement, along with other arts based activities, to therapeutically support adults in acute treatment for substance abuse and patients who are dually diagnosed.

Lisa Troisi, MA, LPC, R-DMT, RYT

Memorial Hospital

Lisa Troisi is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Registered Yoga Instructor and a member of the American Dance Therapy Association. She graduated with a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Northern Arizona University and is trained and skilled in Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Object Relations Theory, Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), Attachment Disorder Treatment, Early Trauma Recovery, Addictions and Twelve-Step Recovery. Additionally, Lisa is fluent in the Spanish language and provides services to monolingual Spanish-speaking individuals and families. Lisa has served in a clinical capacity with children/adolescents living in shelters who have been exposed to domestic violence, children involved in the Child Welfare System, adults with developmental disabilities, soldiers with acute Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, children/adolescents in residential treatment centers, individuals and families in Bolivia, Mexico and monolingual families in the United States of America. Lisa has established Dance/Movement therapy programs in Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. In 2008, Lisa became a trained Yoga Instructor and began providing therapeutic yoga groups at Cedar Springs Hospital, as well as Yoga classes in studios and private settings. She went on to train as an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Instructor and teaches the only Ashtanga class offered in Colorado Springs. Currently, Lisa provides Psychotherapy services at Chins Up Center & Balanced Life, Creative Movement classes and workshops for Imagination Celebration, Dance/Movement Therapy services at Children's Memorial Hospital and teaches Psychology classes at Colorado Community College. She instructs Yoga classes at Pranava Yoga Center, Cambio Studios and the Downtown Pikes Peak YMCA. Lisa provides a safe and nurturing environment for individuals and families to safely express themselves, grow and heal. Using experiential techniques, she takes a holistic perspective in her practice and teaching and believes each person has the ability to heal and live a fulfilling abundant life of peace and serenity.

Heidi Fledderjohn, MA, BC-DTR

Riley Hospital for Children

Heidi Fledderjohn has worked as a Dance/movement Therapist since 1992. She utilizes the body, movement, and play to gently midwife psychological awareness and change. Through her work, people of all walks of life have discovered their own reservoir of potential and creativity. Her book, a resource tool for Dance/Movement Therapists, was published through support from the Marion Chace Foundation. She has trained and supervised psychotherapists all over the country. Heidi draws from a deep well of creative experience. She is a life long dancer and delighter in the arts. She is a gifted performer and trainer in Playback Theater, a community oriented improvisational theater form. She is a student of West African Dance, Yoga and the mystic poets. Heidi is a practitioner of Authentic Movement and is trained in massage. She is currently in teacher training in Anusara � Yoga. Heidi is also a big fan of public libraries, public radio and public hugging! All these tools, generate a solid, soulful, and vibrant approach to life, the self and change.

Suzi Tortora, Ed.D.,ADTR, CMA, KMP

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Suzi has over 23 years experience working with infants and young children (and their parents and caregivers). A dance/movement psychotherapist who has been actively involved in ZeroToThree (ZTT) for decades, Dr. Tortora is recognized nationally and internationally. She has presented her work at the ZTT National Training Institute; and has been featured on NPR radio ; Good Morning America, ABC-TV; Eyewitness News WABC-TV; Woman's Day Magazine and the New Yorker magazine. She is on the faculty of the postgraduate Institute for Infants, Children & Families of the Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services, and the graduate dance therapy Faculty of Pratt Institute and Antioch New England Graduate School. She is on the Advisory Board of MarbleJam Kids, Inc, A Non-profit Serving Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, where she is currently directing the adaptation of her Ways of Seeing program for their art, music and dance therapy programs. Dr. Tortora recently published a book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children, which explains her dance movement psychotherapy method, using nonverbal expressions as a springboard for supporting physical, emotional, communicative, social and cognitive development in infants and children. She is currently the Senior Dance Therapist for Dréa's Dream at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC.

Luv Joy Seamon, MA, DTR

Luv Joy Seamon received her B.A. in Psychology and Theatre Arts from Emory University and a MA in Dance Movement Therapy from Columbia College Chicago. She currently serves as the Director of Drama and Dance/ Movement Therapy at the Institute For Therapy Through the Arts in Chicago, Illinois, where she works with a wide variety of clients including children with autism, recovering addicts, and children of domestic violence survivors. Luv is also a member of LAVA performance collective, a dance company that presents improvised performances to a national audience. She is looking forward to their upcoming show in NY this summer. In addition to that Luv performs improvised and choreographed work with a variety of dance companies in Chicago. Luv is thrilled to be bringing the joy of dance to the children of Glen Acres Elementary School, West Lafayette, Indiana, through the Andrea Rizzo Foundation.

Lori Baudino, Psy.D., ADTR

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Dr. Lori Baudino, Psy.D., has been a practicing clinician for the past six years, providing services in Los Angeles, California, Washington, DC, and Melbourne, Australia. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and her Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy, which is an expressive psychotherapy that combines the theories of psychoanalysis and early child development to facilitate and foster positive psychological and emotional growth for a child, adult, and family. This therapeutic approach identifies symptoms and creates ways to work toward incorporating movement expression into everyday action. It also provides a place for self exploration, which promotes well being and self awareness.

Dr. Baudino worked extensively in psychiatric hospitals with adolescent and adult populations, rehabilitation for pain management, and support groups for families. Dr. Baudino has specialized in supervising, facilitating, and providing treatment for children with special needs and their families. She has worked as the coordinator for Behavior Intervention Programs within the home/school setting and Psychological services for aiding families with special needs children in parenting from the inside out.