Therapy and coaching for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions.

In-person outdoor and online support for adults seeking nervous system regulation and sustainable change.

Offerings

  • Individual therapy for adults that is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and down-to-earth.

    Format: Virtual + In-person

    Location: Lundy Farm in Wawarsing, New York

    Sessions at Lundy can incorporate any of the following:

    • Body + breath work in the movement studio

    • Walk + talk in the woods

    • Medicine making

    • Use of flower + herb farm

    • Fireside chats

    Schedule: Days and times fluctuate with the farming season. Please reach out with your availability.

    Length: Sessions typically run 45-60 minutes. Exceptions for shorter/longer sessions can be discussed and arranged.

    Cost: $175.00 out-of-pocket or Insurance for Illinois and New York residents

    Sliding Scale: Currently full. Accepting waitlist.

  • Coaching for adults focused on clarifying goals, overcoming obstacles, and taking actionable steps. Examples of areas of focus:

    • Health + wellness

    • Professional growth

    • Personal development

    • Life transitions

    • Work-life balance

    • Identity exploration + change

    • Creativity + passion projects

    Format: Virtual + In-person

    Location: Lundy Farm in Wawarsing, New York

    Schedule: Days and times fluctuate with the farming season. Please reach out with your availability.

    Length: Sessions typically run 45-60 minutes. Exceptions for shorter/longer sessions can be discussed and arranged.

    Cost: $125.00

  • 1:1 consultation for emerging and experienced clinicians seeking guidance in:

    • Trauma and dissociation

    • Body-based work

    • Clinician burnout

    • Making sense of clinical work in a broken system

    Format: Virtual + In-person

    Location: Lundy Farm in Wawarsing, New York

    Schedule: Days and times fluctuate with the farming season. Please reach out with your availability.

    Cost: $85.00

  • Workshops, Retreats, and Guest Lectures.

    Engaging, tailored sessions bringing in practical tools, storytelling, and experiential activities along the way. Areas include:

    • Trauma and Recovery

    • Psychological First Aid

    • Mind, Body, and Movement

    • Contemplative Practices

    • Pleasure for Every Body

    • Nature as Resource

    • Farming for Grief

    • Herbal Medicine

    Cost: Please reach out to discuss. Low- or no-cost options, as well as barter, are available for community groups doing meaningful work on limited resources.

Welcome, folks.

I’m a therapist, coach, and educator with over fifteen years of experience working with people in moments of disruption, loss, and reorientation. My work spans diverse settings, from community mental health and outpatient clinics to residential programs and correctional facilities. These experiences taught me that change is relational, deeply connected to context, and rarely linear.

My training includes body-based work, clinical psychotherapy, and land-based practice. I trained simultaneously in dance/movement therapy and clinical counseling, grounding my work in both the body and the mind. I then went on to teach locally and nationally at conferences, clinical graduate programs, group practices, non-profits, and other health organizations. More recently, my work in farming and herbalism has influenced how I think about healing as something shaped by environment, food, rhythm, labor, and the conditions of daily life.

Together, these perspectives inform a holistic and systems-oriented approach. I work with the whole picture of a person’s life, not just symptoms, paying attention to history, relationships, culture, and the realities people are navigating. I draw from evidence-based approaches, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Harm Reduction, to support everyday people in simple, transformative ways.

Education & Training

    • Master of Arts, Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling, Columbia College

    • Bachelor of Arts, Dance, Colorado College

    • Trauma Center - Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TC-TSY): As a Pathway to Anti-Oppressive Practice

    • Component-based Psychotherapy (CBP), Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute

    • Trauma-Informed Yoga: Sexual Violence, Yoga and the Physiology of Resilience with Molly Boeder Harris

    • Certificate in Clinical Herbalism, ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism, New Paltz, NY (projected 2027)

    • Certificate in Sustainable Farming, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

    • 160-hr Certificate in Lomi Lomi, Ho’omana Spa, Maui, HI

    • Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

    • Certificate in Restorative Yoga, Bloom Yoga, Chicago, IL

    • Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT200, Zen Yoga Garage, Chicago, IL

    • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Illinois
      License No. 180.011837

    • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), New York License No. 016770

    • Alumni of the Year, Columbia College Chicago

    • Leader of Tomorrow, American Dance Therapy Association

    • Follett Fellowship Graduate Merit Award, Columbia College Chicago

    • Distinction in Dance, Broadway Theatre League Award, Colorado College

Presentations & Publications

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | February 2024
Movement Towards Truth: Building Internal Resources for Brave Conversations

Dumaresq, E. & Puloka, R. (2022). Dance/Movement Therapy, Trauma, and Criminalization: Reflecting on Feminist and Participatory Approaches. In R. Dieterich-Hartwell & A.M. Melsom (Eds.), Dance/Movement Therapy for Trauma Survivors (pp. 158-172). Routledge.

American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Miami, Florida | October 2019
Honoring Multiplicity: An Embodied Keynote Experience
The Use of Inclusive Language in Dance/Movement Therapy Practice: A Panel Discussion

Womencare Counseling & Training Center, Chicago, IL | October 2019
Awakening Possibilities: Cultural Healing for Clinicians of Color

American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah | October 2018
Keynote speaker: Power and Privilege within the ADTA
From Paper to Practice: Making the ADTA Code of Ethics Real in the World

Center on Halsted & Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL | August 2017
Trauma Work in the LGBTQ and GNC Communities

Center for Creative Arts Therapy, Downers Grove, IL | December 2017
From Past to Present: Addressing Shame in the LGBTQIA+ Community

Timberline Knolls, Lemont, IL | September 2017
The Clinical Needs of the LGBTQ Client in the Therapeutic Relationship

Trans* Health Conference, Philadelphia, PA | June 2016
Body as Resource: Dance/Movement Therapy for Trans* Health

Timberline Knolls, Lemont, IL | March 2016
Shame and Sexuality: The Fear of Being an Other

Heartland Alliance, International FACES program, Chicago, IL | October 2015
LGBTQ Considerations within Refugee Mental Health Services

American Dance Therapy Association, San Diego, CA | October 2015
Research Presenter: liminal spaces rewound: a heuristic study of belonging as it relates to a biracial, queer woman/emerging therapist

American Dance Therapy Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA | October 2015
Deepening Our Understanding of Diversity: I am not your normal—Implications for 21st Century Education and Practice
Shame and Sexuality: The Fear of Being an Other