Chelsea Horton is the chief executive officer of Healing Embodied, an international embodiment coaching and somatic therapy company. She holds a master’s degree in dance/movement therapy and counseling from Columbia College Chicago, and is board-certified through the American Dance Therapy Association.
Chelsea has experience working with a wide range of ages and diagnosis, and held multiple roles as an expressive arts therapist in community mental health settings prior to founding Healing Embodied. She presented her graduate thesis research on fostering a neurological experience of safety for sexual trauma survivors through embodiment at the American Dance Therapy conference in 2017. Nervous system healing through the polyvagal theory and embodiment is a cornerstone of her work.
She has helped hundreds of individuals, couples, and groups navigate anxiety, trauma, fear, OCD, and other challenging experiences by tapping into the innate wisdom and alchemy of the body. She also coauthored an ebook on healing from burnout for mental health practitioners.
In addition to her work as an embodiment coach, Chelsea founded the Healing Embodied Practitioner Training Program in 2023 alongside her partner Sarah Rot.