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Caroline Kleindienst, MA, RSMT/E
Somatic and Creative Therapy

I am a somatic movement educator and therapist, arts therapist, meditation teacher, and multidisciplinary artist living on Maui, Hawaii.

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I approach healing as a whole- body process, facilitating deeper connection between body, mind, and spirit. 

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The principles that guide my practice are to support the body's innate wisdom to emerge and help clients reclaim safe, nurturing connection and natural authentic expression of the self as tools to restore balance and wholeness.

 

I am committed to  empowering my clients to discover their unrealized potential and help them to create a meaningful life for themselves filled with safety, passion, and love.

 

Engaged in the helping and healing arts for almost 20 years I specialize in working with depression and anxiety, chronic illness and mystery illness, grief and loss, recovery from addiction, trauma, intergenerational trauma, and life transitions.

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" I had the opportunity to work with Caroline Kleindienst, as she guided me through my grieving process. My husband and dearest friend and companion of 35 years passed away from cancer last April. We did online sessions (I live on Vashon Island, she on Maui) and Caroline created a safe, creative space for me to feel feelings and express things that are too hard for me to open up to anyone about this loss. Though I still (and will continue to) miss him and grieve for him, Caroline’s healing work gave me the tools to help me handle the emotional ups and downs you experience from a loss like this."

~Sandra N., Vashon, Washington

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Embodied Practices to nurture Body, Soul & Imagination

I am certified in various healing methods, including:

  • Somatic Movement Therapy

  • Expressive Arts Education and Therapy

  • Systemic Family Constellations

  • Embodied Mindfulness Meditation

  • Eco -somatics and Wilderness Therapy

  • Indigenous Sound/Movement Integration™

  • Energy Work

  • Somatic Experiencing® - currently in training

 

I am a registered Somatic Movement Therapist through the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association  (ISMETA), an Art Therapist through the Austrian Association for Art Therapy (ÖBKT) and hold a master's degree from the Academy of Arts in Vienna, Austria. I am a certified practitioner of the Tamalpa Institute, an internationally renowned center for expressive arts therapy and education in California.

 

My work as a therapist and educator is informed by many years of personal inquiry and study in the fields of art, embodiment, and psychology.

 

An Austrian native,I have facilitated embodied and creative healing methods in various settings- from educational centers to clinical settings and shelters- and with diverse communities, including at-risk youth and the homeless.

I have lived and studied in various cultures and traditions in Europe, Southern Africa, North America, and Hawaii.

 

I am working with individuals and groups in English and German, either in person on Maui or online worldwide.

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