Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified Dance/Movement TherapistÂ
Shannon Suffoletto is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Board-Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), certified in Laban Movement Analysis (GL-CMA), and Movement Pattern Analysis (MPA).
Shannon works with youth, collegiate and professional athletes and is listed in the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee 2025 Mental Health and Mental Performance Registries. Shannon serves as the Certified Mental Performance Consultant for the Chicago Dogs professional baseball team in Rosemont, IL.
Additionally, Shannon provides consultation, mental skills and mental health training to coaches, teams and athletic organizations. She is an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education at DePaul University, teaching sport psychology. She has taught undergraduate and graduate psychology and dance/movement therapy courses at Columbia College Chicago and is guest faculty at the Bejing Normal University in Bejing China. Shannon is a Co-Founder of the Embodied Education Institute of Chicago (EEIC). She has more than 15 years of service in higher education administration as a prevention and wellness specialist in areas including interpersonal violence and substance misuse. Shannon’s approach centers around fostering the mind/body connection. She employs creative techniques to regulate the nervous system and create neuropathways in service of peak performance and becoming one’s very best version of themselves.
Leadership and Scholarship
Shannon holds a BA in Psychology and Dance from Denison University and a master’s degree (MA) in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling from Columbia College Chicago.