Sarah Tolan-Mee

Sarah is a Master Somatic Movement Therapist, providing integrative mind-body coaching that invites you into a process of encountering, exploring, and transforming patterns of embodied thought and behavior that no longer serve you. Together, we explore the psyche (mind) and soma (body) as distinct but connected aspects of being, and develop practices that support discovery and integration of fragmented self states. Integrative Somatic Therapy facilitates healing beyond talk therapy or other models based solely on cognition. The invitation of embodied processes into the therapeutic space enables a more complete exploration and reclamation of self and wholeness. "The human body is not an instrument to be used, but a realm of one's being to be experienced, explored, enriched and, thereby, educated." - Thomas Hanna *** Sarah serves as somatic therapist and consultant to leading mental health treatment centers across the US. Her work is supported by current neurobiologically-informed research and theoretical work, including that of Dr. Mark Solms, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Pat Ogden, Dr. Janina Fisher, Dr. Salman Akhtar, Dr. Allan Schore, Deb Dana, and Dr. Jeikko Seikkula. Sarah is a protege of Moni Yakim, has a BA from Brown University, an MFA from The Juilliard School, and holds numerous professional accreditations in somatic therapy. Sarah studied Alexander Technique with Carolyn Serota, completed Integrative Somatic Parts Work training and certification with Frances Booth, LICSW, and is a registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist with The International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. In addition to therapeutic work, Sarah guides creative artists including Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows, and PEN award winners in various therapeutic awareness, expressive, and integrative modalities. She has conducted workshops locally and internationally for arts institutions, high schools and universities, mental health facilities, Fortune 500 companies, and teenagers in detention.