Hi, I’m Camille, they. them \ she. her
I am a Black, African Diasporic, bi-racial, multi-ethnic and multicultural being — a queer femme with non-apparent disabilities and neurodiversity.
My work as a facilitator and shape-shifter is rooted in activism for Black liberation. I honour my connection to ancestral waters, drawing strength and nourishment from the spiritual heritage that guides this work.
I approach community building and social equity through the intersections of my identity, lived experiences, and dedication to anti-oppressive, culturally affirming and decolonial praxis.
Outside of sessions, you’ll find me surfskating, making art, dancing, practising djembe and dundunba rhythms, or communing in nature — most often near water. It’s where I come home to myself.
My practice is rooted in African Diasporic spiritual tradition and an animistic relationship with the living world — guided by ancestral memory in service of collective liberation. I work from the understanding that healing is holistic, that body, mind, and spirit are inseparable, and that the wisdom of ancestors, land, and community is central to that wholeness. While I draw on contemporary somatic modalities, my approach runs deeper than these frameworks — rooted in African Diasporic and Indigenous traditions long before they were named by Western codification.
I work with adults 18+ centring the care of women and femmes from Black and African Diasporic communities. My clients are from all walks of life and tend to be individuals from the Global Majority (BIPOC) and 2SLGBTQ+ communities navigating the intersections of identity, embodiment, and healing.
My practice spans psychotherapy, embodied somatic coaching, somatic movement and dance, embodied facilitation, and practice consulting for fellow practitioners.
My commitment is to walk alongside you in your journey towards embodiment and healing, honouring both your individual story and the collective wisdom that emerges when we embrace our full humanity.
Camille guided me through a water and winter solstice somatic exercise during a virtual session, and what stood out most was how natural and unforced the experience felt.
Camille has a way of guiding without forcing, allowing your body to lead while they hold the container. That made it feel safe, intuitive, and deeply personal.
I left the session feeling both calm and expanded—more aware of what my body holds and how it communicates.
-Sachet Cooley
Writer & Visual Artist
Camille is a highly skilled and caring practitioner with impeccable integrity. Their facilitation created a sacred container that acted as a portal for me to rest and recalibrate amidst traumatizing violence and upheaval in the world around me. I consistently felt encouraged to bring my whole self and embrace everything that came up with gentle curiosity. Their work centers personal choice, consent and compassion with such care that I was able to make connections to my past and clarify my future easily.
-Karla Robinson
Poet, Artist Educator, Trainer
Bronx Beauty Volume 3, Founder and Editor
The Aya is a west African Adinkra symbol meaning “Fern”.
This symbol represents perseverance, endurance, and resourcefulness. It symbolizes defiance against oppression. It is derived from an expression that when translated means “I am not afraid of you. I am independent of you”. The fern is known for its capacity to grow in unusual places, withstanding tough climates and challenging environments.
Like the Aya, the human spirit holds the capacity to overcome adversity, to grow and even thrive despite the many challenging conditions it encounters. With support and collective healing we can learn to embody our resilience and harness our inner strength.
2025:
- Ritual in Solo Dance Creation & Performance | Vincent Mantsoe | 12 hrs
- Movement as Powerful Medicine: Applications within EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy | Katrina Curry & SPIPA | 3 hrs
- The Elements of Ritual – Level 2 | Yeye Luisah Teish | 12 hrs
- Cracking the Ancestral Code – Level 2 | Yeye Luisah Teish | 12hrs
- The Voice Keeps the Score | Linda Thai | 9hrs
- Mojuba Movement Workshop – Embodied learning | Mosa McNeilly | 2 hrs
2024:
- Gender affirming mental health care and competency for 2SLGBTQ+ | Rainbow Health Ontario | 17 hrs
- Somatic Stress Release training | Embody Lab | 100+ hrs
- Mind Body Coaching training | Embody Lab | 100+ hrs
- NeuroAffective Touch Foundation Training | Dr. Aline LaPierre | 100 + hrs
- Working with Adult children of Toxic parents | Monique Dauphin, LMHC | Development | 3hrs
- Executive Functioning: Brain-Based Solutions | Polina Shkadron MA | 6 hrs
- Wilderness Therapy: Foundations Of Nature-Based Interventions | Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R | 3hrs
- Autism in Women & Girls | Dr. Rachel Moseley | 2hrs
- Gender Affirming Care For Transgender And Gender – Non-Conforming Clients | Nyx Melody, LMHC-D | 3hrs
- Group Therapy Interventions | Carrie Haynes, LPC | 1hr.
- Grief and the Nervous System | Brian Keating, LPC | 1 hr
- Assessment And Treatment Of ADHD: A Psychiatric Perspective | James Demer MD | 3hrs
- Relational Therapy With Consensually Non-Monogamous And Polyamorous Clients | Nyx Melody, LMHC-D | 3hrs
- Working With Survivors Of Sexual Assault: Empowering Post-Traumatic Growth | Monique A. Dauphin, LMHC | 3hrs
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult ADHD | Morganne Crouser, LICSW | 1 hr
- Understanding the Gaza Genocide 1 year later | Siyaq Solutions | 1.5hrs
- The Elements of Ritual: The Fundamentals | Yeye Luisah Teish | 12 hrs
- Calabash of Cowries: The Spirit of Dance | Yeye Luisah Teish and Artists | 4.5 hrs
- Cracking the Ancestral Code – Level 1 – Cultivating relationships with ancestors | 12hrs
2023:
- Interpersonal Neurobiology Study /Integration | Communion Counselling | 20 hrs
- 4 Day Silvestre Technique Experience Intensive: A study of Caboclos folklore, Orixá Dances and symbology | Rosangela Silvestre | 14 hrs
- L1-L3 Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training – Developmental movement and motor pattern training | 48hrs
2022:
- Interpersonal Neurobiology for Practitioners of Color, Training | Communion Counselling | 47 hrs
- Decolonial Somatic Approaches | Amber McZeal PhD | 15 hrs
- The Wandering Winding Way of the Wound | Bayo Akomolafe, Sophie Stand, Tyson Yunkaporta, Vanessa Andreotti | 10 hrs
- Understanding and Challenging Ableism Within Somatic Practices | Alex Iantaffi PhD | 1.5hr
2020:
- Systemic racial trauma: A somatic perspective | Sage Hayes | 2hrs
- Tree of Life Training L1 – L3, – Imbeleko approach and narrative therapy for individuals and groups | Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo | 13.5 hrs
- Neuroscience of Dance – The dancers brain, improvisation and movement exploration | 5 hrs
- The Challenge of Racism in Therapeutic Practice | Dr. Isha McKenzie-Mavinga | 8.5 hrs
- NARM and Cultural Misattunement: Addressing the Impact of Cultural Trauma from Systemic Oppression | Narm Institute | 1.5 hrs
- Mindfulness and the Inner Work of Racial Justice | Rhonda V. Magee | 4hrs
- Removing the Barriers: 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion | Moyo Health and Community Services | 5hrs
- Cultural somatics | Cultural Somatics Institute | 2.5 hrs
- Communal Consults – Embodied Gatherings | Resmaa Menakem | 12hrs
- Embodied somatic practice groups – Peer-directed integration (2020 – present) | 100+ hrs
2019:
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner | Somatic Experiencing Training ( 2019-2025) | 250+hrs
- Continuum – Embodied learning | Linda Rabin | 4 hrs
- Mind Body Centering experiential practices + learning (2019 – present) | Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen | 100+ hrs
- Sexuality: Confidence and comfort in the therapeutic setting | Karen B. K. Chan | 2.15 hrs
- Somatic Movement with Indigenous Worldview | Michelle Olson | 2hrs
2018:
- Black Healing and Spirituality | Cassandra Thompson | 2hrs
- Laban Movement Analysis | Canadian Somatic Centre | 15 hrs
- Bartenieff Fundamentals | Canadian Somatic Centre | 15 hrs
- Laban Movement Analysis Foundation | LSSI International | 96hrs
- Indigenous Cultural Competency Training | Native Canadian Centre of Toronto | 6hrs
2017:
- Coming Home To The Body – Continuum movement embodied learning | Robin Becker | 27.5 hrs
- Continuum – Embodied learning (2017 – 2020) | Kim Brodey | 42 hrs
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy L1 – Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses and Traumatic Memory | Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute | 80 hrs
- Senses & Perception and the Skeletal System Certification | Esprit en Movement | 120 hrs
- Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy Certificate (2017 – 2019) | The Center for Somatic Studies | 134 hrs
2016:
- Embodying the Architecture of the Body as a Foundation for Movement | Body Mind Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen | 96 hrs
- Movement for Trauma – Level I-II | Jane Clapp | 30hrs
2015:
- Embodying the Nervous System | Body Mind Centering | 6hrs
- The Art of Repatterning through Touch, Movement and Consciousness Training| Body Mind Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen | 48 hrs
2012:
- Crisis Intervention, Suicide Prevention & Grief training | Toronto Distress Centre | 40 hrs
- Psychotherapy training (2012 – 2017)| Gestalt Institute of Toronto | 1000+ hrs
2006:
SWANAHT / MENAHT – cultural dance studies, training, performance | 20 years of expertise
I acknowledge the sacred earth beneath my feet, known as Tkaronto and ancestrally as Turtle Island—the territories of the Anishinaabe, Mississauga and Haudenosaunee peoples. These lands and waters nourish and sustain me and I carry immense gratitude for them. I acknowledge with gratitude the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. I acknowledge these lands are bound by the sacred Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant—a promise to share and protect the gifts of the Great Lakes region with respect and reciprocity.
As a Black Canadian settler, and of African-Diasporic origin on Turtle Island, I stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, committed to supporting resistance. I am committed to continuous learning, building relationships and the actions outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action.
Ancestors: I acknowledge my African ancestors who were stolen from their homelands and forced to labour on these lands and all those of African Diasporic and displanted histories. I echo the call for reparations and justice. I honour the wisdom, power and guidance of all the ancestors, their contribution and spirit. Asé-O
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