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Welcome! I'm excited to help you overcome self-doubt, manage work-related anxiety and stress, and navigate toxic or unaffirming work/academic environments. I specialize in working with Black professional women and students struggling with these areas and have been a therapist for 15 years.

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I have 19 years of experience as a fully licensed therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and 25 years of social work experience

I have a passion working with children, adolescents, adults, and families and am skilled in the application of therapeutic interventions across a number of settings (i.e. schools, community mental health, social services, medical/hospital/PDC [Private Diagnostic Clinic], and private practice).

Trained in treating ODD, CD, ADHD, PTSD, Anger, Anxiety/Panic Attacks, Bereavement, Complex Trauma, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mood Disorders, Stress, and Personality Disorders (particularly Antisocial and Borderline)

I use intervention techniques such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Trauma Focused included), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Crisis Intervention

I am an alumna of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

I'm an outgoing, empathetic therapist who specializes in treating: stress, anxiety/depression, trauma, chronic pain, addictions, substance use, & relationship issues. I also specialize in Addiction treatment & Trauma treatment. I have a background in Social Work, and am a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I am able to offer counseling from a Christian, non-judgmental perspective if a client so desires.

It has been my privilege for nearly 20 years to serve a diverse community of clients. I oversee a grief counseling center and have extensive experience working within family systems and navigating complex relationships. I've supported others with depression, anxiety, profound loss, addiction, significant health challenges, and a host of other things. I have helped empower and guide individuals to gain insight into themselves and make changes to behavior patterns holding them back.

I can support and empower you to become a more healed and powerful version of yourself and break free from sabotaging behaviors. In a world where most people wear masks, it's a privilege to see a soul. This is how I see my role as your therapists. To see past your pain and help you uncover your true inner light.

Tara has an energetic laugh that puts clients at ease and enjoys playfully incorporating her love of sarcasm (it is her self-proclaimed primary love language) into her work with her clients. She has been known to lovingly call people out on their “bologna” when she sees or hears it and is a great accountability partner. Tara is also incredibly empathetic and provides a warm and safe environment and a quiet listening ear when the situation calls for it. Noticing and reading nonverbal communication and body language is a skill Tara possesses in spades so she often learns a lot even from things that go unsaid. Tara encourages her clients to be genuine and authentic and to use whatever kind of colorful language they choose (as long as it isn’t name calling with your partner next to you)- therapy with Tara is a judgement free zone! She is unapologetically herself and she encourages her clients to do the same.

Tara is passionate about working with couples who are struggling in their marriage or relationship to find peace, to communicate more effectively, to have a more agreeable distribution of responsibilities, to process and work on healing past relationship traumas, to “fight fairly”, and most importantly to learn to have fun together and appreciate one another again. Helping couples to identify their love language and learn how to express love in their partner’s love language is an important part of her work with couples.

Tara also enjoys helping individuals who are struggling how to navigate their current relationship or having a hard time finding the relationship that they want, need and deserve. She assists clients whose worlds have been sent for a loop after experiencing a tough breakup and helps them to pick up the pieces, grieve the loss, and ultimately move forward toward new relationships where they can use what they have learned from the processing of their previous relationships and discussions of what went right and what went wrong.

She aims to help people who feel like they are failing at life and can’t quite seem to “get it together”. This can include the people who are always looking for an “adultier” adult around and those that struggle with procrastination, perfectionism, prioritizing, self-care, comparison to others, work/school/family/life balance, and co-dependency. Through their work together, Tara and her clients work through these issues to find tools and skills to improve the areas a client can change and ultimately work towards self-acceptance on the things that they are unable to change. Acknowledgment of your own self-worth is something that Tara finds incredibly important.

Hi, I’m Ashlie Austin, a therapist passionate about helping women who feel “never enough” find relief, confidence, and self-compassion. I specialize in working with women navigating perfectionism, ADHD, and anxiety, and I provide trauma-informed care to help untangle the experiences that keep you feeling stuck. I’m trained in EMDR, which can be especially effective for healing from painful memories and breaking free from patterns rooted in the past. Above all, I want my clients to know they don’t have to figure it all out alone.