Chad Alcorn on integration, healing, and the blues

Chad Alcorn PsyD is the first clinical psychologist with whom I shared my early understandings of dance/movement therapy as a graduate student, which have grown into the deep knowing found in this podcast.  He has been a steadfast encourager of my professional development, and even of this podcast as a practice of inquiry.  Chad's clinical training includes Adlerian psychology, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, EMDR, ACT and mindfulness practices. Chad prioritizes the cultivation of a holding environment within which clients can grow through the implicit experience of a healing relationship.   When Chad was diagnosed with stomach cancer at the end of 2019, facing a life-threatening illness propelled him to track his own process of disconnection and to build resources for integeration and reinhabiting the body.  In this podcast, Chad shares with us the hard earned lessons gleaned from this journey including rituals of music-making derived from the rich tradition of the Blues, which foster both individual and collective embodiment in the face of suffering.