I’m Niomi.

I developed two distinct pathways in my life: art and psychotherapy. For a long time I thought I had closed one chapter as an artist and moved on to a second one as a psychotherapist. I’m learning that chapters are hard to close and it’s better, though scary, to keep them all open. I spent many years training in contemporary dance choreography and performance, and countless hours rolling around on the floor.

I then spent the better part of my thirties training and working as a trauma therapist. Now I am creating performance again while continuing to practice as a therapist.

This site is a way to tie together pieces of my life that felt separate. Choreography and psychotherapy have a binding thread of being practices that both deepen connections to embodied memory, allowing us to layer fabrics and fold experiences that we don’t yet know cognitively.