Asking for help can be hard for a lot of reasons, even when we really need it. I am a licensed therapist, available as a guide, teacher, and healer, to support you through exploration and making changes in your own life. Whether the challenges you face are emotional e.g. Since 2009 I have been treating clients using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a method of understanding and improving your emotional cycles and mental patterns.
CBT provides ways to directly connect with, examine, and adjust patterns that keep you stuck. I also combine current evidenced-based practices and effective approaches from other schools of therapy such as Internal Family Systems, polyvagal theory, solution-focused, existential, and exposure therapies. Not every therapy works for every person. With an assortment of tools to choose from we will find techniques that work for you.
Your emotions didn't come with a manual and we all do our best with the tools we are given. Sometimes the tools we have aren't right for the job we're doing and healing our emotional wounds can feel a lot like hammering a nail with a screwdriver.
CBT provides ways to directly connect with, examine, and adjust patterns that keep you stuck. I also combine current evidenced-based practices and effective approaches from other schools of therapy such as Internal Family Systems, polyvagal theory, solution-focused, existential, and exposure therapies. Not every therapy works for every person. With an assortment of tools to choose from we will find techniques that work for you.
Your emotions didn't come with a manual and we all do our best with the tools we are given. Sometimes the tools we have aren't right for the job we're doing and healing our emotional wounds can feel a lot like hammering a nail with a screwdriver.
Services
If you've suffered mental and emotional damages due to being the victim of a crime your therapy could be free.
The California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP) provides financial assistance to victims of crime for mental health and other medical services.
Direct victims of crimes who qualify for assistance are eligible for 40 free counseling sessions and their supporters may be eligible for 30 free sessions.
Visit the CalVCP website for more information on eligibility requirements and apply here.
The California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP) provides financial assistance to victims of crime for mental health and other medical services.
Direct victims of crimes who qualify for assistance are eligible for 40 free counseling sessions and their supporters may be eligible for 30 free sessions.
Visit the CalVCP website for more information on eligibility requirements and apply here.
Directions from the 101: Take the exit for College Ave and turn left from the 101 South or right from the 101 North.
Drive for 2 blocks then use the second from the left lane to turn left onto Mendocino Ave.
Proceed slowly and begin easing toward the curb as the office comes up quickly.
My office is through the back entrance of the Farmer's Insurance building, on the Northeast corner next to the restroom.
To park in the private lot behind the office, enter the narrow driveway to the right of the building.
Drive for 2 blocks then use the second from the left lane to turn left onto Mendocino Ave.
Proceed slowly and begin easing toward the curb as the office comes up quickly.
My office is through the back entrance of the Farmer's Insurance building, on the Northeast corner next to the restroom.
To park in the private lot behind the office, enter the narrow driveway to the right of the building.
In 2015 Tara opened Athena Counseling, her private practice in Santa Rosa, CA where she treats a range of mental health and relational problems with specialties in rape trauma and anxiety disorders.
Her approach builds on a genuinely caring and authentic therapeutic relationship and combines the best of current evidenced based practices and effective approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Solution Focused Therapy.
Tara received her B.A. in Deaf Studies with a minor in Human Sexuality from California State University, Northridge in 2007 and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara in 2011.
Her approach builds on a genuinely caring and authentic therapeutic relationship and combines the best of current evidenced based practices and effective approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Solution Focused Therapy.
Tara received her B.A. in Deaf Studies with a minor in Human Sexuality from California State University, Northridge in 2007 and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara in 2011.
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