A body-centered approach for women navigating eating disorders, anxiety, and emotional stuckness. Reaching what words alone may not.
You can talk through something for years…
and still feel it in your body.
The truth:
Insight alone doesn’t always create relief.
Sometimes, your body needs to be part of the process.
Therapy that works with the whole of who you are
Dance movement therapy is a clinical modality that uses movement, body awareness, and perception as tools for healing. Non-verbal communication makes up roughly 70% of how we express ourselves, and movement opens access to feelings, memories, and patterns that words alone may not reach.
No dance experience required. Sessions are guided by what each client needs, not choreography or technique. This is not a fitness class. It is a therapeutic container where your body becomes part of the work.
What happens in a session
Surface What the Body Holds
Movement creates access to emotional material that has not yet found its way into language, especially for experiences held at the nervous system level. You do not need to name it to begin to move through it.
Process Through Multiple Channels
Movement, dialogue, and reflection work together. Chandra draws from DBT, schema therapy, CBT, and talk therapy alongside dance movement therapy, meeting each person with what fits, not a single formula.
Leave With Tools That Travel
The goal is for each person to build skills they can use on their own: body awareness, self-regulation, and movement-based coping that work outside the therapy room. The aim is independence, not dependence.
You may be a good fit if…
- You are navigating an eating disorder and behavioral approaches alone have not reached the root
- Anxiety or depression lives in your body: tension, shutdown, disconnection from yourself
- You have done meaningful talk therapy and feel something still has not shifted
- You connect with movement or body awareness as part of how you process experience
- You want a therapist who works with the whole of who you are, not just the presenting problem
- You are looking for a bilingual therapist (English and Spanish)
No dance background needed. Sessions are led by feeling, not technique. A free 15-minute consultation is available to discuss whether this is the right fit for where you are.
Structured support with a real beginning, middle, and end
Group therapy offers something individual sessions cannot: shared experience, peer connection, and a structure that fits into real life. Every group at Resilient Self is led by Chandra and built around a specific need, so you are always in a room with people who understand.
Dance Movement Therapy Group
A body-centered group for adults who have hit a ceiling in traditional talk therapy. Movement is used as a therapeutic tool to access and process what language alone may not reach. No dance experience needed.
Eating Disorder Group for Adults
Led by a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, this group provides a therapeutic community for adults navigating eating disorders, disordered eating, and food and body image anxiety. Clinical and compassionate in equal measure.
DBT Skills Group
A comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy group covering the four core skill modules: emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. Designed for adults who want lasting, transferable tools.
Women’s Group
A monthly therapeutic community built on camaraderie and empowerment. Women showing up for themselves by showing up for each other, in a clinically held space. This group runs continuously, so you can join without waiting for a new cycle to start.
Make Peace with Food and Love Your Body Group
A therapeutic group for adults working toward a more compassionate relationship with food, eating, and their body. Drawing from evidence-based clinical approaches and The Body Positive curriculum, this group addresses disordered eating patterns, body image, and food anxiety in a safe, shame-free space.
Living for Today — Seniors Group
A therapeutic community for older adults navigating grief, bereavement, and the losses that come with later life. A space to be heard, to process, and to find connection with others who understand.
All groups require a minimum of 4 participants to run. Call (949) 215-0612 or fill out this form to discuss current availability and start dates.
In their own words
She is one of the best I have ever seen. She listens, has great ideas and techniques to help you see things in a different light. She has saved my life in many ways.M. Stevenson — Verified Client
Dr. Baylor was professional and respectful. Her compassion and honesty are very much appreciated. I highly recommend Dr. Chandra Baylor.C. Biehn — Verified Client
Chandra was a tremendous help. She provided practical advice for complex problems while teaching tools to use when dealing with anxiety and the everyday difficulties of life.M. De Avila — Verified Client
Individual results vary. Testimonials reflect personal experiences and are not a guarantee of outcomes.
A therapist who treats every person as an equal, not a diagnosis
- LMFT — Licensed, State of California
- Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT)
- Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS)
- M.S. Counseling — Cal State Fullerton
- B.A. Psychology — UC Irvine
- Bilingual: English & Spanish
Chandra Baylor is a bilingual therapist based in Laguna Hills offering a direct, compassionate approach grounded in the belief that mind and body are deeply interconnected. With over two decades of clinical experience, she helps clients throughout Orange County reconnect with themselves through movement, talk therapy, and creative exploration.
Her career has spanned clinical settings serving severe mental illness, a regional director role with Family Preservation Community Services, the presidency of the South Bay Eating Disorder Coalition, and ongoing volunteer leadership with NAMI. She holds two clinical credentials that are rare in South Orange County together: Board Certification in Dance Movement Therapy and Certification as an Eating Disorder Specialist.
She integrates DBT, schema therapy, CBT, and dance movement therapy, meeting each client with the combination that fits their situation, not a single formula applied to everyone. For clients who have felt unseen, over-labeled, or talked down to by previous providers, Resilient Self offers something genuinely different.
Before you reach out
Free 15-Minute Consultation
A conversation about where you are and whether this is the right fit. No pressure. No obligation.
Services available to California residents only. Individual results vary.
Or call (949) 215-0612