MD Bloch-Hansen (They/Them)
Registered Social Worker
Hi! I’m MD (they/them), a queer, gender-fluid, white settler of Italian and Danish descent, based in Tkaronto. I show up in the community as an integrative somatic trauma therapist, performance artist, and doula. As a therapist, I take a liberatory and justice-oriented approach that honours each person’s embodied wisdom and strengths. With a background in dance and the performing arts, I hold a deep reverence for the non-verbal language that the body and consciousness offer to the therapeutic space. My work supports people in reconnecting with their bodies, and their aliveness --to find a sense of presence, steadiness, curiosity and creative expression--as pathways toward resilience, resistance, and re-membering.
In my private practice, I offer holistic support for experiential and relational healing, weaving together talk-based (top-down) approaches with bottom-up somatic practices, including movement, sound meditation, and expressive arts. My work as a therapist is guided by my training and education in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP), Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®), Parts Work/IFS, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Generative Somatics, among others. I also work part-time as a gender-affirming counsellor at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, supporting trans and gender-diverse youth and their families.
I particularly enjoy working with 2S-LGBTQIA+ adolescents and adults (17+), as well as parents/caregivers, careworkers, those navigating perinatal experiences, those in recovery, neurodivergent folks, artists and folks working through life transitions, chronic stress/distress and complex/acute trauma. With my background as a professional artist, I hold a special interest in supporting other artists navigating the challenges of working in an economy that too often undervalues the arts, making it incredibly difficult to sustain creative practice. I believe artists are healers of our collective body and deserve care and support to continue their vital work.
I also love supporting folks involved in activism or community organizing around collective struggles for liberation and resistance to fascism, as well as those looking to confront their whiteness and white supremacy. At this time, I work exclusively with individuals, though I hope to offer services to families and couples in the future—stay tuned!
Beyond my clinical work, I offer group facilitation, workshops, and conference presentations in somatics, perinatal movement, childbirth education, yoga, sound meditation, and general mental health and wellness. I hold a BFA in Performance Dance, a BA in Psychology, and a Master of Social Work, and I continue to deepen my studies in somatics through SP, BMC®, and Generative Somatics, alongside ongoing individual and group supervision. I see clients in private practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you’re interested in working together, we can set up a 15 minute consultation to see if we’d be a good fit!
Psychotherapy Rate: $165/50 minutes
Sound Meditation Rate: $180/60 minutes
Sliding Scale: $130 and up