Meet Ashley
I am a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois, California, and Pennsylvania. I have over a decade of experience working as a psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist at community mental health organizations and in private practice. Some of the communities I have worked alongside include refugees and immigrants, artists, human trafficking survivors, college students, people living with OCD, families living overseas, and other helpers.
To learn more about my dance and choreography experience, please visit ashleyfargnoli.com . More information about my pro-bono/low cost consultant work supporting community mental health organizations and workers can be found at Growing Edge Consultants.
Education
MA in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling (Columbia College, Chicago)
MA in Public Policy and Social Change (specialization in Cultural Project Management- Sciences Po, Grenoble)
BA in European Studies (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Certifications/Licenses
Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Yoga-informed psychotherapy
40 hour Domestic Violence Certification- State of Illinois
Training in Exposure and Response Prevention (NOCD)
Illinois LCPC license #180.010512
California LPCC License #11614
Pennsylvania LPC License # PC016323
Publications
Fargnoli, A., & Gray, A.E (2022). Theoretical Underpinnings of Dance/Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Psychological Trauma In R. Dieterich-Hartwell & A. M. Melsom (Eds.), Dance/movement therapy for trauma survivors: Theoretical, clinical and cultural perspectives. Routledge.
Fargnoli, A., & Seneviratne, D. (2022). Exploring Rata Yakuma: Weaving Dance/Movement Therapy and a Sri Lankan Healing Ritual. Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (CAET), Pages 230 - 244. Retrieved from https://caet.inspirees.com/caetojsjournals/index.php/caet/article/view/333
Fargnoli, A (2017). Maintaining Stability in the Face of Adversity: Self-care Practices of Human Trafficking Survivor-Trainers in India. American Journal of Dance Therapy.
I have spent a third of my life living outside of the United States (Sri Lanka, India, France and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and enjoy working alongside the South Asian and Balkan diaspora due to living in both regions for significant stretches of time. I speak French fluently, with intermediate knowledge of Bosnian and Sinhala languages. I am honored to have been a Fulbright Senior Scholar (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2019-2020).
I’m very passionate about working alongside other helping professionals (therapists, doctors, caregivers) to address the effects of secondary and vicarious trauma and promote vicarious resilience and well-being. I've found that bringing some of my key personality traits, such as lightness and humor, into my sessions has helped facilitate growth and healing in many of my clients, especially those who have experienced complex trauma.
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