Victoria Budesa, MA, AMFT, R-DMT
Therapist
Victoria was born and raised in New Jersey but has fully embraced Nashville as home. She earned an undergraduate degree in Special Education from the University of North Carolina- Greensboro and spent time working on a multidisciplinary special education team at an international school in Germany. Victoria completed their master degree in Dance Movement Therapy with a concentration in Couple + Family Therapy from Antioch University New England.
Victoria is passionate about integrating movement and somatic based interventions into working with clients and their loved ones to highlight the importance of the mind-body connection. She primarily works from a systemic lens utilizing elements from collaborative therapy, narrative therapy, and parts work while still individualizing the therapeutic approach to meet the unique needs of each client.
In their free time, Victoria enjoys spending time with their family, traveling the globe and honoring their movement roots through curating creative connection outlets. She also serves as the secretary on the American Dance Therapy Association’s Board of Directors.
Victoria completed her practicum internship at BrightQuest prior to joining the clinical team in June 2024. Victoria is a registered dance movement therapist (R-DMT) through the American Dance Therapy Association (#2924) as well as an associate marriage and family therapist (TN #2651) under the supervision of Khamaria Wright, LMFT (TN #1721).