The Listening Collective ATL

10/07/2026

I have some exciting news to share. 🤍

After a lot of planning, dreaming, learning, and building behind the scenes, I’m opening my own independent practice!

Introducing: The Listening Collective

The Listening Collective brings together the three areas of work that have become such an important part of my professional life:

Mental health counseling
Music therapy
Therapeutic sound

At the heart of all three is listening. Listening to ourselves, to one another, through music and sound, and within community.

I recently became a Licensed Professional Counselor, and this feels like a really meaningful next step in work I've been building toward for a long time.

I’m currently accepting new counseling clients, and I’m also looking forward to new collaborations around music therapy groups and workshops, presentations, sound baths, retreats, and therapeutic sound experiences.

One thing that isn't changing: my practice is remaining at the same location in Alpharetta.

I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported me, encouraged me, taught me, referred to me, collaborated with me, and helped me grow along the way, and especially want to acknowledge my time at Transformation Counseling in helping me to reach this step!

Thank you for being part of my journey.

I’d love for you to check out my new website, follow along, and share with anyone who might benefit from connecting with The Listening Collective.

Where listening becomes connection.

thelisteningcollectiveatl.com

10/01/2026

Happy Fall, dear friends🍁

I hope this season offers you rest and renewal. I hope to share space with you. I hope you go outside!

Upcoming Fall Events!

(This weekend)
10/2 - ISTA Live 2026 Conference
10/4 - Just Love Forest Fest

(Mid-October)
10/18 - Woodlands Garden Sound Bath
10/21 - Grief Karaoke
10/22 - Stellar Serenity: A Planetarium Sound Bath

(Sold-out, but check out 2027 dates!)
10/17 - Sound Bath with Alpacas

Sing along with the new season 🍃

09/28/2026

Stellar Serenity has returned!! 💫

There are a few more opportunities to join me for sound under the stars in 2026! 🤩
Get your tickets for one of the following dates and let’s share sound, space, and stillness together.

⭐️ October 22, 6:30 pm
⭐️ November 14, 10:30 am
⭐️ December 10, 6:30 pm

Tickets are available now through link in bio or on fernbank.edu
$10/adults, $5/children (10+)

So grateful to share sound in this beautifully immersive space (pun intended 🔭) with our community!!

09/26/2026

Forest Fest is just a week away! 🌳❤️✨

Come celebrate love, life, & light in the forest next weekend. Movement, music, dancing, nourishment, connection, and so much joy!!

I’ll be sharing a special sound bath experience on Sunday morning titled Earthsong. A guided listening practice connecting you to yourself and the world around you through sound.

See you in the forest, dear friends! 💚

09/26/2026

We’re one week away from the ISTA Live 2026 20th Anniversary Conference in !!!

I’m so excited to be presenting on The Regulating Power of Sound on Friday, October 2nd, from 10:00 - 12:00. Come check it out!!

I attended the ISTA conference in 2024 and it offered me a springboard into this world of therapeutic sound. I walked away with new information, new resources, new connections, and a newly instilled confidence in sharing this work with my community.

If you’re a clinician, facilitator, musician, researcher, healer, this could be a beautiful step in your therapeutic sound journey too! 💜

It’s not too late to join us in Atlanta next weekend! Register with promo code 15OFF2026CONF for 15% of conference registration.

See you soon !

08/18/2026

Nice to meet you 🤍

My name is Sarah, and I’m so grateful you popped by for a virtual hello 👋

A bit about me:
- LPC (Licensed professional counselor) in private practice at Transformation Counseling in Alpharetta
- LPMT/MT-BC (Board-certified music therapist) bringing music to mental health in all sorts of ways!
- Therapeutic sound practitioner, facilitating sound baths throughout Atlanta
- Musician/performer/creative using music in my own healing journey
- FL➡️ATL transplant consistently seeking & building authentic community

A bit about my work:
- I work with teens & adults at Transformation Counseling who are seeking an embodied, creative approach to therapy. They may be navigating identity, emotional understanding, relationships, and shifting the way trauma impacts their current experience.
- I run Woolson Wellness, a community-focused organization centered around music therapy and therapeutic sound. My mission is to bring people together around music and sound to support ourselves and our community.

A note about this space: This account is to share about my work, and upcoming and past events. Posts are intended for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for individualized therapy or mental health care.

Thanks for stopping by 😊

08/13/2026

WE MADE IT, Y’ALL 🎉

Sharing a celebratory post of lovely new headshots to announce that I am officially a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia!!!

This journey has been a long, wild, beautiful one, and I know it only keeps going and growing from here!

That said, I want to share deep gratitude to the many mentors, supervisors, teachers, colleagues, clients, family and friends who have been instrumental in helping me to reach this goal. I have felt so incredibly supported by my community, and know this is truly at the core of my growth and success.

Another brief, but important, reflection: I’m damn proud of myself. This journey is not an easy one, but I am so grateful to the challenge, as I am a profoundly different person (for the better) from when I started out on this path. And I know doing this work will only continue to teach and change me.

Here are some new headshots beautifully captured by Photography by Katie Snyder to celebrate this new LPC me!

The journey continues! But for now, we celebrate 🥳

07/06/2026

Singing along with summer! 🌞🎶

July community gatherings:

🪷 The Crescent Moon & The Lotus Women’s Weekend at with
(*Waitlist only!*)

🎤 Grief Karaoke at
(Free community gathering)

🍃 Community Sound Bath at
(July gathering sold out, check back for future dates!)

🦋 Root and Restore at with .hendrix
(Registration now open!)

🌳 Riverside Sound Bath at Island Ford with
(Free community gathering)

🧘🏻‍♀️ Somatic Yoga & Sound Bath with
(Spots available!)

Visit link in bio for details & registration for all upcoming events! So grateful to share sound in summer with you! 💛

06/15/2026

I'm so excited to be presenting at the International Sound Therapy Association (ISTA) Live 2026 conference in Atlanta, GA this October!

Check out this interview with Don to hear more about my work and what I'll be presenting at the conference!

Join Sarah Woolson for an inspiring conversation exploring the powe...

06/03/2026

☀️ Summer Offerings ☀️

A season of sound, stillness, movement, nature, and community.

This summer, I’m creating spaces to slow down, reconnect, and remember what it feels like to be fully present. Below you’ll find my upcoming community offerings for the season. Save this post, share it with a friend, and check back as new dates and events are added throughout the summer!

✨ UNTAMED WOMEN’S RETREAT
June 11 - 14


🌿 COMMUNITY GARDEN SOUND BATHS
June 20 & July 18


🦙 SUNSET ALPACA SOUND BATHS
June 20, August 8 & October 17
(June gathering is sold out.)


🧘 SOMATIC YOGA & SOUND BATH
June 26 & July 31


🌌 PLANETARIUM SOUND BATH
June 27


🏞️ RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY SOUND BATHS
June 28, July 26 & August 23


🌙 CRESCENT MOON & LOTUS RETREAT
July 10 - 12


🦋 FOREST BATHING & SOUND BATH
July 18 & August 15
(Registration coming soon!)


🎶 ISTA SOUND HEALING CONFERENCE
October 2 - 5


My deepest gratitude to the organizations, venues, collaborators, and communities that make these gatherings possible. It is such a gift to share this work with you.

Registration links can be found in my bio.
I hope our paths cross this summer. 💛