Dr. Jennifer Frank Tantia

Jennifer Frank Tantia, PhD, MS, BC-DMT, LCAT is a somatic psychologist and dance/movement therapist in New York City, (USA), specializing in trauma and medically unexplained symptoms. She has taught somatic psychology and embodied research at Adelphi University, Lesley University and Pratt Institute, and guest lectures internationally. Dr. Tantia served as a grant adjudicator for the 2018 NEA Research Artworks commission and is former research chair of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy. She currently serves on the board of the American Dance Therapy Association as chair of Research and Practice. Dr. Tantia peer-reviews for nine academic journals and has authored several publications on embodiment and psychology. Most recently, she co-edited The Routledge International Handbook of Embodied Perspectives in Psychotherapy (2019) and received a Marian Chace Foundation grant for her latest book, The Art and Science of Embodied Research Design, to be published Nov, 2020. www.soma-psyche.com