I approach my work as a dance/movement therapist with enthusiasm, curiosity, and a well-earned humility for the wisdom of the body. My framework is humanistic and I believe that each one of us - when offered space, time, and compassion - is innately driven to grow, change, and heal in our own unique and wonderful ways.

In some settings, my role shifts and I adapt my dance/movement therapy lens to also fulfill a teaching role. My perspective remains process-oriented and co-creative, emphasizing embodied learning, curiosity, and shared discovery over fixed outcomes.

My work is rooted in a non-pathologizing, trauma-informed, and socially just approach that affirms LGBTQ+ identities and actively resists racism and oppression.

I consider it an honor to witness,

move, and dance alongside you.

Together we explore, imagine,

make meaning, and

shape a way forward.

Kellyn Uhl, MS, BC-DMT (she/they)

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Kellyn is a nationally Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) practicing in Mid-Michigan. She received her Masters of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy from Sarah Lawrence College, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with Specialization in Dance from Michigan State University.

Kellyn is in her eighth year working with adolescents and adults in inpatient psychiatry and partial hospitalization programming. She works with people living with Parkinson’s Disease, people with serious illness in palliative care, and children in a preschool setting. She has served as adjunct faculty at Antioch University, providing clinical supervision and mentorship to students in their dance/movement therapy graduate program for four semesters.

Kellyn has directed and choreographed productions at her alma mater MSU, and has taught full-semester courses within the Department of Theatre, including Dance Improvisation, Tap, and Introduction to Dance. Her previous career as a theater artist informs and infuses her dance/movement therapy approach with playfulness and skillful spontaneity.

“all joy is the act of remembering —

the hand outstretched for reconnection” —maria popova