Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen
MD is a queer, gender-fluid, white settler of Italian and Danish descent, based in Tkaronto. They show up in the community as integrative somatic therapist, performance artist and doula. As a somatic careworker and registered social worker, they take a liberatory and justice-oriented approach that honors each person's embodied wisdom and strengths. In their private practice, MD offers holistic support for experiential and relational healing - weaving somatic practices, expressive arts, movement, and sound meditation - grounded through a lens of cultural humility. MD also works as a gender affirming counsellor at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, supporting trans and gender diverse youth, and their families navigating gender questioning and transition. MD enjoys supporting people in reconnecting with their bodies, to find a sense of presence, steadiness, and creative expression as pathways toward resilience and a more livable future. MD holds a BFA in Performance Dance from TMU, a BA in Psychology from Laurentian University and a MSW from the University of Toronto. MD has completed training through Esprit En Mouvement (Montreal) in somatic movement education of Body-Mind Centering®, and is working towards completing their certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has complete Level 1 certification. MD is a trained Birth Doula (DONA International), and has been working and practicing as a yoga and sound meditation practitioner for over 10 years.
