Tara Noone, LCSW
CA Lic 112567
Let’s admit we all have broken places. It is part of the human condition. We all have situations we just can’t figure out on our own. In my 25 years as a social worker, most of my clients start therapy saying some version of “I just don’t know what to do.” As I work with clients, we cultivate the emotional safety necessary to examine where you are and where you need to go, as well as the courage to get there, step by step. Life is messy and gives us things to handle that exceed our experience all the time. Together we can shed a kind light on the dark places. You can determine the pace and we can make sense of things and find the places where movement and change can happen.
I have a Bachelors in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie-Mellon University and got my Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. I am deeply informed by feminist theory and feel it is really important that therapy include the role of race, class and gender in my clients’ lives and how they impact our work together. I put a great deal of emphasis on the importance of language. Using inaccurate language can obscure the truth of things and leave us confused. Using attuned and accurate language to name our feelings and experience can create those pivotal “aha” moments and be illuminating and liberating. The story we tell ourselves about ourselves can make all the difference. I love the work of rewriting my clients’ stories with them and creating better endings than they imagined. I feel so privileged to accompany my clients on their respective journeys, to hear and to witness changes and triumphs both large and small.
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Professional Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers California Society for Clinical Social Work The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, CA California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists The Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society |
Specialized Training
MUDO Therapy for Highly Traumatized Clients, Level I Group Therapy Training Program, The Psychotherapy Institute EMDR Trained |