Welcome

I’m Tennille. I’m an Occupational Therapist who helps people create more space, freedom, and adaptability in their lives through embodied therapeutic work.

My approach is centered around the belief that healing often begins with creating space: space in the body for movement and ease, space in the mind for clarity and adaptability, and space in the heart for connection, resilience, and meaningful living.

An embodied approach to occupational therapy looks at the whole person and not just symptoms. It supports healing and well-being through movement, body awareness, nervous system support, and everyday activities that help people feel more grounded, connected, and able to participate more fully in daily life.

  • Embodiment can help you develop a deeper awareness of your body, emotions, habits, and responses, allowing you to move through life with greater clarity, regulation, and connection. By becoming more attuned to physical sensations, movement patterns, breath, and internal experience, many people begin to recognize stress, tension, overwhelm, or disconnection earlier and respond with greater intention and self-understanding.

  • Embodied practices may support:

    • nervous system regulation and stress reduction

    • improved body awareness and movement efficiency

    • emotional processing and resilience

    • recovery from injury, burnout, or chronic tension

    • increased presence, confidence, and adaptability

    • deeper connection to self, relationships, and meaningful activities

  • In an embodied OT approach, the goal is not just symptom reduction, but creating space for movement in the body, ease in the mind, and a greater sense of presence, capability, and connection in how you move through your everyday life.

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  • A free consultation will help determine whether working together will help you achieve your goals. Consultations are done over a 15 minute video call.

  • Tennille does not accept any insurance. Fees are comparable with similar specialized providers in the area and it may be possible for you to be reimbursed in full or part by your insurance. Please contact your insurance provider for information about reimbursement for out-of-network occupational therapy. Tennille can provide the needed documentation if you would like to submit for reimbursement by your insurance provider.

  • Individualized 50-minute sessions are tailored to each client’s unique goals and may include a combination of discussion, movement-based therapy, breathwork, mindfulness, and hands-on therapeutic techniques to support healing, regulation, mobility, and meaningful change.

  • Individual sessions are based in Dobbs Ferry, though travel sessions may be available depending on circumstance and location. Virtual sessions can also be arranged when appropriate, allowing care to remain supportive, accessible, and adaptable to individual needs.

  • Session Fees

    • 50-minute Individual In-Person Session — $200

    • 50-minute Virtual Session — $200

    • 45-minute Travel Session — $500

    Travel sessions are subject to availability and location.

  • Embodied therapeutic work integrates physical, emotional, cognitive, and sensory experiences within the therapeutic process. This approach acknowledges that stress, pain, trauma, habits, and emotional experiences are often reflected within the body and nervous system.

    Through movement-based interventions, mindfulness, breathwork, touch-based modalities, and therapeutic reflection, clients are supported in improving regulation, function, self-awareness, mobility, and participation in meaningful daily activities.

  • A focused evaluation will be completed during the first session to review medical history, discuss current challenges, and identify personal goals for treatment.

    Together, we will develop an individualized treatment plan that may incorporate movement-based and hands-on approaches such as yoga, somatic movement, and Rossiter stretching/bodywork, depending on your needs and comfort level.

    Unlike massage, sessions are interactive in nature and are typically performed from a chair or on the floor rather than on a massage table. Clients are encouraged to actively participate through movement, breath, awareness, and gentle communication throughout the process.

    Somatic prompts are woven throughout the session to support greater awareness of bodily sensations and the relationship between sensation and the nervous system. Through therapist-guided exploration, clients are invited to notice areas of strain, patterns of held tension, and habitual responses, while developing new ways of relating to the body that support greater ease, regulation, and well-being.

    This work also uses the body as a pathway for recognizing broader life patterns, honoring the connection between physical experience, emotional well-being, and daily functioning. By cultivating a deeper connection to self through the body, clients may experience meaningful shifts in their overall quality of life, relationships, resilience, and sense of presence.

  • Rossiter stretching is a movement-based bodywork technique designed to help release tension and restriction within the connective tissue system (fascia) through a combination of targeted pressure and active stretching. Distinctive to the Rossiter approach is its “foot-on” technique, in which the practitioner uses their feet to apply broad, controlled pressure while the client actively participates in guided movement and stretching patterns.

    Unlike passive massage, Rossiter work is interactive and movement-oriented, helping to lengthen tissue, improve mobility, decrease discomfort, and restore more efficient movement patterns. The approach is often used to address chronic tension, postural strain, stress-related holding patterns, movement limitations, and discomfort associated with repetitive use or injury. It may also support nervous system regulation by helping the body shift out of patterns of guarding and compression, creating greater ease, alignment, and body awareness