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Cara Hazel serves as a Clinical Instructor Associate at Naropa University within the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, specializing in Somatic Counseling: Dance/Movement Theories & Practice. She is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist with extensive clinical experience in hospital settings.
Her educational credentials include:
- MS in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute
- BA in Psychology & Applied Dance from the University of Tampa
Cara's research integrates embodied neuroscience with therapeutic practice, emphasizing the mind-body connection through humanistic frameworks. Her clinical approach focuses on trauma treatment and psychiatric care using movement-based interventions, informed by interpersonal neurobiology principles. She explores how somatic experiences shape therapeutic outcomes in mental health contexts.
Her publication "Embodied Concepts of Neuroscience and Trauma" examines the intersection of dance/movement therapy and neurobiological models, reflecting her commitment to grounding clinical practice in scientific understanding of embodied cognition.
Cara has provided therapeutic services at Jacobi Hospital’s family advocacy program, Brooklyn substance use rehabilitation facilities, and Mount Sinai Hospital’s adult psychiatry unit, conducting both group and individual movement therapy sessions to support recovery processes.
