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With Leslie

Tucson Somatic Psychotherapy and Arts is home to experiential psychotherapies, therapeutic arts services, and authentic leadership coaching. My holistic approach to both clinical and creative services centers present-moment experience, curiosity, creativity, and compassion in nurturing human development. I would be honored for the opportunity to collaborate with you in support of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and success in life.

TUCSON SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND ARTS

CHANGE HAPPENS IN THE PRESENT

Real transformation only happens in the here-and-now. Working with me means leaning into the subtleties of present moment experience, which are the keys to the doors of possibility. Teaming with you, I’ll help you shift patterns by providing opportunities for experiences that create new neural pathways and lead to reliable change. I collaborate closely with you along the way and go at the pace that’s right for you, so if you’re new to working somatically and experientially, you can breathe easily.

Whether you come with a specific goal in mind or simply want to feel more connected, alive, integrated or fulfilled, I bring the whole of myself to facilitating a natural, yet intentional change process. I’ll support you to pursue a dream, build community, explore a sense of purpose, find meaning after a major loss, become a more confident leader, or whatever’s asking for attention from your depths.

TUCSON SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES

Services

Psychotherapy

Heal the past, bring peace to the present and meaning to the future
I use expressive arts therapies and evidence-based somatic psychotherapies for healing the past in ways that infuse the present with peace and the future with meaning.
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Therapeutic Arts

Nurture deep personal growth through expressive and creative processes
Therapuetic Arts draw on the raw materials of sound, bodily tension, color, texture, rhythm, weight, shapes, energy level, and images to nurture deep personal growth and transformation.
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For Leaders

Embodied leaders don’t trade the gifts of the present for imagined future success
Now is the only moment we have. Being an embodied leader means not having to trade the gifts of the present for future success.
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Experiential Psychotherapy in Tucson

Thriving Beyond Surviving

My practice focuses primarily on supporting those who are stable and coping relatively well or even excelling in some areas. Please don’t hesitate to reach out, however, whatever your situation. 

You know you’re in the right place if:

  • you’ve made gains in traditional therapy and are ready for the next level
  • you’re a therapist yourself and looking for deep and seasoned care for furthering your integration 
  • you’re navigating a life transition and you want to do it consciously, with support
  • you’re an artist or writer and you’re doing ok, but this dry spell has gone on too long
  • you realize it’s time to find your voice
  • your life is fine enough, but feels not quite yours
  • you’re a leader and seek to lead with more authenticity and ease
  • you want support for your development as a psycho-spiritual being

My range of services enables me to provide the level and type of care suitable for your needs, strengths, and goals. In our initial consultation, I’ll help you determine which service is best for you, now.

About Leslie Mccormick

ABOUT ME

Born and raised on a farm, a sense of spaciousness, embodied imagination, unity with the Earth, and reverence for natural rhythms are central to how I experience health and creative possibility.

I was rooted in both the arts and buddhist practice when I matriculated into my masters program at Naropa University in 2003. The buddhist university, its Somatic Counseling Psychology Program, and my Dance/Movement Therapy track seamlessly brought together everything I knew about what helps humans expand beyond our conditioning. As a therapist, I’m experientially based and present moment centered. I see creativity and the experience of beauty as essential aspects of being fully human.

In 2021, I was ordained as a Buddhist Dharmacharini. I continue to pursue my development through artistic pursuits, disciplines and inspired relationships.

TUCSON SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY BLOG

Borderlands Poetry Blog

When the World

MJ Moore (Pranjakavi)

Eros of Bathing Stimming Dancing Pacing

Adam Wolfond

The Gate

Marie Howe

(River’s End)

Dhammadinna

(Three Tanka)

Ishikawa Takuboku

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Tucson Somatic Psychotherapy and Arts is home to dynamic, holistic transformational work. Whether you’re looking to heal, grow, thrive, or simply rest into your authentic self, the seeds of what’s possible are in you. I look forward to working with you to tend them.

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