Tana is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 30 years’ experience in the health and mental health fields.  Tana earned a BA in Economics (summa cum laude, phi beta kappa) from Whitman College then a Master of Social Work from University of Washington.  She spent 25 years in emergency medicine and acute healthcare, as well as doing program development in the areas of domestic violence and bariatric surgery support.  In addition, she worked in teen mental health and in-patient behavioral health.  In 2017, she followed a career long aspiration and opened a private practice.  After deciding to relocate her family from Seattle to Phoenix in 2021 she closed her practice.  In 2022 after getting her family settled, she reopened a practice and is excited to continue her passion for working with clients to help create change in their lives.

Making the decision to seek help/enter counseling can be a difficult decision, often with feelings of fear, overwhelm and discouragement.  Tana’s approach is to first understand what drove the client, and/or family, to reach out for help, and then to provide a comfortable space to discuss what they’d like to be different.  Working together to identify treatment goals, and an approach, the client gains confidence in the process and hopefulness in a positive outcome.  

Tana works with kids, adolescents, and adults, individually and in relationships.  She has experience working with depression and other mood disorders, suicidality, anxiety, personality disorders, thought disorders and neurodiverse disorders.  Tana’s background in emergency services allows her to work comfortably in intense situations, work efficiently to stabilize, and find avenues to comforting clients/families in crisis.  She strives to create balance in her practice rather than focusing heavily on any single population

Education:
Master of Social Work, University of Washington, 1994
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Whitman College, 1989

Licensure :
State of Arizona, Licensed Clinical Social Worker – License # LCSW-20348
State of Washington, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker  – LW00005497

Professional Membership and Certification
National Association of Social Workers – 88675022
State of Washington – Approved Supervisor
Arizona Counseling Association – member # 6503