Lunden Abelson MA, BC-DMT, LPC

Lunden Abelson is the founder and owner of Seeds of Potential. She started Seeds of Potential in 2010. Lunden is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist with over 15 years of therapeutic experience working with individuals, families and groups. Lunden received her degrees from Antioch New England Graduate School and The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Lunden also has a certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology from Portland State University.

In addition to formal education Lunden maintains her continuing education and has training and certificates in a wide variety of areas including: interpersonal neurobiology, mindfulness, play therapy, trauma techniques, children’s yoga, pregnancy and birth support, training for social action, ethics, diversity and LGBTQA, vicarious trauma and mandated reporting.

Lunden has worked extensively with people who have experienced trauma at The Every Woman’s Center, Safe Passage, Women Organized Against Rape and Creative Arts for Everyone. She has also worked with individuals recovering from substance abuse at, Drexel College of Medicine in the Caring Together Program, incarcerated women at The Hampden County House of Correction and with individuals and families living with Developmental Disabilities and Autism at The Center for Autism and at the Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy.

Lunden has designed and implemented various programs during her career. She is the owner of Seeds of Potential and offers a number of creative programs their, including mindfulness tools informed by Interpersonal Neurobiology that are available via the website. While at Women Organized Against Rape she created and implemented Building Blocks, a treatment approach for toddler’s who have been impacted by sexual abuse.

Lunden has years of experience providing professional supervision for aspiring Licensed Professional Counselors and Dance/Movement Therapists. Lunden has worked with a number of groups including the Pennsylvania Chapter of Dance/Movement Therapists, Girls Leadership Camp and National Environmental Education Foundation as a Nature Champion to make green space more accessible to youth through educating medical and mental health providers about the benefits of green space and physical play.

Lunden also provides professional trainings on issues related to play therapy, dance/movement therapy, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, child sexual assault, sexual assault and vicarious trauma.