Sarah Rot is the chief operating officer of Healing Embodied, an international embodiment coaching and somatic therapy company. She holds a master’s degree in dance/movement therapy and counseling from Columbia College Chicago and is board-certified through the American Dance Therapy Association. Sarah is also a licensed clinical professional counselor.
Prior to joining the Healing Embodied team, Sarah worked in a variety of community mental health settings as an expressive arts therapist. She also has extensive training and expertise in dialectical behavior therapy. She published an article based on her graduate thesis research in potential power differentials that exist within the therapeutic relationship, which can be found in the American Journal of Dance Therapy.
Sarah has helped hundreds of individuals, couples, and groups navigate anxiety, trauma, fear, OCD, and other challenging experiences by tapping into the innate wisdom and alchemy of the body. She also coauthored an ebook on healing from burnout for mental health practitioners.
In addition, Sarah founded the Healing Embodied Practitioner Training Program in 2023 alongside her partner Chelsea Horton.