LAUREN MILBURN, LMHC BC-DMT

Psychotherapist

Overview

Lauren Milburn (she/they) is a board certified dance/movement therapist and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, providing body-based meaning making practices informed by affective neuroscience to co-create, nurture, and integrate experiential processes of transformation. Lauren’s warm, relational approach is grounded in harm reduction, pleasure activism, and disability justice principles. Lauren specialized in identity-affirming care for survivors of trauma, individuals living in chronic illness/pain, as well as those who are investigating questions along the heartlines of compassion, belonging, and liberation.

Patient Care Philosophy

“By resourcing the nervous system, we can learn to surrender within the sanctuary space of the bodymind, gently untangle harmful internalized beliefs, and reclaim wholeness. I am deeply honored to witness the unfolding of trust in one’s own inner healing wisdom.”

Education and Training

• Clinically trained in Ketamine-assisted Psychotherapy
• Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR Consulting
• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

College: New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, concentration in Psychology, Human Movements and Cultures, Creative Arts Therapies

Graduate School: Columbia College Chicago, Master of Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling