Kate Gamble
Founder/Director
Physical & Somatic Therapist, BFA, MSPT
Kate founded Open Door in 2014 with the goal of developing a wellness center and programming that offered a different model for health care delivery. This model is client centered with the goal of allowing the individual or group to have agency through knowledge and pragmatic tools found in integrated wellness.
The inspiration for this came from years of working in neurological rehabilitation programs where a team of practitioners met with the patient and family to set goals and map out a plan toward achieving these goals. Kate has also been inspired by the writings Atul Gawande and the Blue Zones Project along with many other healthcare providers and the patients she has had the privilege to work with.
She has a BFA in Dance from NYU and a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from the Mayo Clinic.
Kate specializes in working with clients with biomechanical and neurological dysfunction. She develops customized movement programs for her clients that allow them to independently achieve their goals. She considers the client a partner in the rehabilitation process and focuses on education and setting individualized goals.
Kate has worked at various healthcare organizations in her almost 30 years as a Physical Therapist. These include the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Virginia, and Mount Ascutney Hospital in Vermont. She was Director of Rehabilitation at Whispering Pines Rehabilitation Center in Florida and Director Of Physical Therapy Services at Longwood Rehabilitation Center in Boston. She is a consultant for High Horses Therapeutic Riding.
Kate’s somatic training includes training in the Feldenkrais Method, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Body Mind Centering, Alexander Technique and Axis Syllabus. She completed a certificate in Somatics at Moving on Center in Berkeley, CA in 2019. She has trained with Bessel van der Kolk and participated in the Embody Lab’s Somatic Trauma Healing Immersion. ( Peter Levine, Gabor Mate, Arielle Schwartz and other).She trained with the Mark Morris Dance Company/Dance for Parkinson's Disease program. Her dance career included producing her own choreography in New York for three years, founding Lighthouse Dance Project in Massachusetts, and the Full Moon Performance Project in Florida. She was artistic director of Braided Light Dance Project in Florida where she produced several seasons of sold out concerts and established Jacksonville’s first modern dance company. She continues to teach and explore dance improvisation.
She is also working as a Lab Guide on the topic of Embodiment in Labyrnxth, which is a “community-led spiritual care model designed for life’s inflection points. Through guided 12-week journeys, participants are given the structure, practices, and support for inward growth, using proven alternative modalities across brain, body, and soul.”
Kate’s Classes
