Hi, I'm Tara.

My intention is to provide a nurturing space for others to explore their life experience, no matter what they may have endured. I strive to help clients find a sense of well-being that is curated through their own internal awareness, and I offer nervous system support so they can rediscover their needs and learn to advocate for themselves. I aim to guide individuals in liberating their authentic nature and empowering their sense of being — encouraging them to find their own voice and solutions as they come to understand how they think, feel, and where their strengths lie.

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I work with a wide range of experiences: complex and developmental trauma, religious trauma, abuse, and abandonment; grief and loss; difficult life transitions and discernment work; midlife; codependency and narcissistic abuse recovery; and spiritual and existential exploration. I also have a particular love for working with therapists, parents and caregivers, and artists — folks who spend so much of their energy holding space for others or for their craft, and who deserve a space held for them in return. Much of my work touches on parenthood, motherhood, divorce and co-parenting, and creativity as well.

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I embody a person-centered and humanistic approach to foster acceptance and self-love, and I bring in a compassion-based feminist perspective to support others in rediscovering their authority in life. My clinical work draws on AF-EMDR (Attachment-Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), depth work — engaging the patterns and parts of the Self, the "soul work" of tending to the complexes and wounds of the psyche — attachment-focused and somatic approaches, and nervous system-informed care. I also offer nature therapy and experiential art, blending these more artistic forms of psychotherapy with evidence-based practice to support clients emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Together, these offer an environment that fosters mindfulness and reconnection to the self.

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I offer individual psychotherapy for adults 18+ (I work with teens on a case-by-case basis), available in person, virtually, or nature-based — with sessions held in Decatur, and in Atlanta-area forests. I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation so I can answer any questions you might have.