Meet Tara

I met my husband while a student at the University of Georgia. We have been married 28 years and have three amazing children, two sons (26 and 23) and a daughter (19).

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a Masters in Professional Counseling.

I have always loved stories. I wholeheartedly believe that reflecting on the story of your life is a catalyst for healing. It heals you from the inside out. My passion is to provide a safe space for clients to explore how their relationships and life experiences, both past and present, are influencing who they are and how they want to live life with meaning and purpose. Personal growth and emotional healing occur in the context of relationships through connection. I desire to collaborate with clients to achieve their goals of becoming who they want to be and living the lives they long to live. It is the greatest honor to be invited into another’s story. Thank you for considering allowing me to enter into yours.

Activities I enjoy include working out, taking long walks with my husband, spending time with our children, reading, traveling, and relishing time around a table with good friends!

“You have a story and that story matters. The best way to experience significant shifts in your heart is by engaging your story.” -Adam Young

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My Approach

When we are afraid, anxious, and triggered, our bodies can become dysregulated. Together we collaborate to re-connect the brain, calm the body, and improve your ability to release and regulate emotions.

My approach to therapy is grounded in Family Systems and Structural Family Therapy, with the understanding that we all learn how to manage emotions, needs, and relationships within our early family experiences. Those early patterns don’t stay in childhood — they tend to shape how we show up in adult relationships, especially when things feel stressful, triggering, or stuck.

I also integrate Attachment theory, as the ways we learned to stay connected to caregivers often become the coping strategies and attachment styles we carry into friendships, marriage, parenting, and even our relationship with ourselves. Together, we look at how those patterns once served you and how they may or may not still be serving you now.

My work is trauma-informed, and I often use Internal Family Systems (IFS) within a family-systems lens to help clients understand both their external family dynamics and their internal world — the different parts of themselves shaped by past experiences. The goal is not to pathologize, but to increase understanding, compassion, and flexibility so that new choices become possible.

My best days are hearing clients tell me that they are more prepared to cope with issues outside of the counseling room, to better manage their emotions, and are better able to speak truth to themselves. I love seeing lives transformed from the inside out!

My Education

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC011889)
Master of Arts in Counseling, Liberty University
Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Development, University of Georgia

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