Justine C. Allen | The Embodied Path |

Justine Allen (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist and Dance/Movement Psychotherapist (Qualifying) based in the Greater Toronto Area, and the founder of The Embodied Path. She offers integrative, trauma-informed psychotherapy that blends talk therapy, somatic modalities, expressive arts, and psycho-spiritual practices to support clients on their path toward healing, embodiment, and wholeness.

She completed her clinical training at the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy and the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT), and holds additional certification as a Reiki Master Practitioner. Her approach is rooted in relational, somatic, and anti-oppressive frameworks, and she is especially attuned to issues related to parts of self, shame, and the aftermath of chronic override—when the nervous system and body shut down after prolonged high-functioning and disconnection from internal cues. This often presents as PTSD, burnout, or chronic health conditions, sometimes leading to long-term disability and calling for a more embodied therapeutic path forward.

Justine has served on the Board of Directors for the Dance Movement Therapy Association of Canada (DMTAC) in several leadership roles, including Co-Executive Secretary (2020–2021), Membership Chair (2020–2023), IDEAS Co-Chair (2020–2021), and Communications Committee member (2020–2021).

As a Board Member of Wonderfully Made, a youth-led empowerment initiative, she helped secure a Youth Innovations Fund (YOF) grant through the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) and is excited to integrate dance/movement therapy into future community programming. She also facilitates movement-based sessions for children through the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT) with Connected North—an organization committed to enhancing educational outcomes and student engagement in remote Indigenous communities.

Justine is a member in good standing with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists (OSRP).