SPECIALIST CONSULTANT IN EMBODIED APPROACHES TO NEURODIVERSITY AND MENTAL HEALTH.
Where body and mind move together
A Chartered Psychologist and pioneer of family-centred Dance Movement Psychotherapy, supporting autistic and neurodivergent children, their families, and the schools and organisations around them.
about
Twenty years between
dance, therapy, and research.
Janet trained as a dancer before she trained as a therapist, teaching street dance in Malaysia before bringing Dance Movement Psychotherapy to the country as one of its first practitioners. Further training in the UK, a PhD in Hong Kong researching family-centred practice with autistic children, and over a decade working across schools, clinics, and community settings followed. What has stayed constant throughout is a conviction that the body holds what words sometimes cannot reach.
my approach
Movement is a language.
Before words, we communicate through the body. My practice is neurodiversity-affirming and family-centred, developed through doctoral research alongside families of non-verbal autistic children. It brings movement-based connection into everyday life — helping children build communication, confidence, and connection, and helping families connect more deeply with their child. First through tele-therapy during the pandemic, and in person since.
areas of practice
Three strands, one embodied approach.
01
Clinical practice
Family-centred Dance Movement Psychotherapy for autistic and neurodivergent children, with specialist support for non-verbal children. Individual and family sessions, in person in London and online.
02
Consultancy & Training
Helping organisations and schools build neurodiversity-affirming cultures through strategic advice, whole-team training and wellbeing programmes. Drawing on 17 years of clinical practice and doctoral research.
03
Academic Practice
Award-winning, peer-reviewed researcher in family-centred Dance Movement Psychotherapy, alongside university lecturing and module leadership.
search & recognition
Practice grounded in award-winning research.
family RELATIONS · 2025
Family-centred creative arts therapies for children with autism: a configurative systematic review
Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H.
DOI: 10.1111/fare.13092
DIGITAL HEALTH · 2023
Benefits and challenges of tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy with children with autism and their parents
Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H.
ROUTLEDGE · 2023
Adapting to COVID-19: tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with autism
RECOGNITION
Wiley Top Cited Article Award
2025 · Top 10 most-cited in Family Relations
Wiley Top Viewed Article Award
2025 · Top 10% most-viewed in Family Relations
HKU Outstanding Teaching Award
2021
PhD, University of Hong Kong
Full Postgraduate Scholarship, 2019–2024
get in touch
For a child or family
Dance Movement Psychotherapy and consultancy for autistic and neurodivergent children and their families, in London and online.
For an organisation
Neurodiversity consultancy and training for workplaces and schools — advisory, whole-team training, and wellbeing programmes.