Peter Navarro

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2008 - now

  Professional Dancer
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  May Institute

  May 2008 - Feb 2011

  Assistant Program Coordinator

  Coordinated a residential group home for adolescents and young adults on the Autism spectrum.

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  Static Noyze Dance Company

  Jun 2009 - Oct 2011

  Director/Producer/Choreographer/Member

  Director for hip hop company Static Noyze Dance Company. Produced many award winning sets alongside other directors from 2009-2011. Performed throughout the east coast.

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  Self Employed

  Jan 2010 - now

  Professional Choreographer
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  Jeannette Neill Dance Studio

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2014

  Dance Instructor

  Contemporary; hip hop

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  Riverside Community Care

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2013

  Child & Family Worker

  Organized/led therapeutic group sessions at a therapeutic after-school program, the Family After-School Program, for children with behavioral/emotional disturbances and trauma. DMH and DCF referred.

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  New[age]Dance

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2013

  Co Founder

  Co-founded and led alongside Craig Dionnecontemporary dance group consisting of 15 trained dancers. Performed throughout the Greater Boston area and New York.

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  The Guidance Center

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

  Therapeutic Mentor

  In-home and community-based child & family counseling alongside family clinician as well as individual therapeutic services and skill building with children and adolescents.

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  Bay Cove Human Services

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

  Rehabilitation Specialist

  Provided case management and therapeutic services at Harbor House, a group home style psychiatric center for homeless adults.

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  Snow City Arts

  Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Program Development Intern

  Grant research, program development, and expansion research at a Chicago-based non-profit organization providing opportunity for children and adolescents to participate in arts education and earn school credit during their recovery at Rush, Stroger, and Lurie hospitals.

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  Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

  Class Assistant/Volunteer

  Class assistant for "Caring for Kids" dance day programming held at the Drucker Center in Chicago, IL for children with cerebral palsy; focusing on Bartenieff fundamentals and ballet dance for rehabilitation

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  Chicago Children's Behavioral Health Center

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Dance/Movement Therapy Intern

  Creative arts therapy intern at an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital center for children and adolescents.

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  Anixter Center

  Sept 2015 - May 2016

  Dance/Movement Therapy Intern

  Dance/movement therapy intern at the New Focus program working with brain injury survivors; individual/group therapy & counseling

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  Anixter Center

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Dance/Movement Therapist & Recreational Specialist

  Facilitated individual therapy & counseling utilizing dance/movement therapy and facilitated rehabilitative groups with adult brain injury survivors.

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  BETHANY HOMES AND METHODIST HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2019

  Provided inpatient psychiatric group/individual therapy & counseling as well as case management Provided clinical supervision

  • Dance/Movement Therapist & Case Manager

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Clinical Supervisor

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
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  LifeWorks Psychotherapy Center

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2022

  Provided therapy and counsel to individuals, couples, non-monogamous, and polyam folks; served people of color, people who want to begin or deepen their anti-racist work, mystics and healers, LGBTQIA+, and kinky/sex-positive folks. Years of experience with mind/body/spirit, dance/movement therapy, relationships to self and others, desire/intimacy, trauma, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, relational trauma/personality disorders, substance misuse and addictions, and neurodivergent communities (ADHD, ASD, PDD, TBI/ABI, psychosis). Show less

  • Clinical Supervisor

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Greenhouse Pod Meeting Facilitator

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Clinical Psychotherapist

    Jul 2019 - Feb 2022
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  Moving Mosaic Therapy & Counseling, PLLC

  Jan 2022 - now

  Co-Founder & Psychotherapist

  Co-Founder & Co-Owner of a private practice providing psychotherapy and counseling. I provide clinical supervision to other licensed mental health professionals. I provide individual and relationship psychotherapy and counseling primarily to adults.