About
Expert Pediatric Physical Therapist
Carla’s experience is diverse, including developmental follow-up of babies who were in NICU, institutionalized children with very severe involvement, children in special schools or public schools, hospital pediatric rehab, and children with more mild difficulties from injuries or just individual differences such as being on the autism spectrum.
Her strategies have been completely transformed by over 40 years as a Feldenkrais Method® practitioner, over 20 years mastering the Anat Baniel Method® (ABM), and over 5 transformative years as an Anat Baniel NeuroMovement Method® Trainer. Carla’s dedication to children with special needs is not just her profession—it’s her passion.
Sterling, VA
(703) 598-3168
The Movement To Wholeness Approach
The quest to unlock human potential is a calling that has guided Carla’s life and work for over five decades. Through years of higher education, clinical practice, and an unwavering dedication to personal growth, Carla has dedicated her life to mastering pioneering neurodevelopmental methods from luminaries like Moshe Feldenkrais, Magda Gerber, Anat Baniel, and Chava Shelhav. But she didn’t just study these approaches, she internalized them at the deepest levels.
Movement to Wholeness, founded in 1997, embodies Carla’s most profound healing insights. It’s a sanctuary where children are seen, not for their limitations, but for their vast, untapped potential.
By guiding children through subtly attuned movements, engaged sensing, and nurturing problem-solving skills, Carla opens doors to neural reformatting. Limitations, physical and cognitive, aren’t solidified – they are fluid
What sets Carla apart is her sensitivity, her ability to attune to each child’s inherent interests and learning proclivities. Working in harmony with a child’s inner guidance system, she designs individualized lessons to rebuild neurological connections from the ground up.
Watching children blossom from learned movements into expansive new cognitive, emotional, and social capacities is Carla’s greatest joy. She’s witnessed “irreversible” conditions reversed through neuroplasticity.
For parents who feel like they’ve tried every conventional therapy under the sun with little progress, Carla’s approach can be a revelation. Finally, their child is being seen for the well of potential they hold, not just their challenges. And Carla treats parents as partners, coaching them with tools to nurture their child’s development every day.
Carla’s work reaches the professional vanguard, as well. As a former trainer in the Anat Baniel Method’s Professional Training Program, and a sought-after presenter, she’s helping shape the wider field. Her insights have impacted thousands of practitioners working to elevate the human condition across the globe.
