Empathetic Listener

My name is Tara. I am a highly empathetic listener, a mother of two teenagers, sexual abuse survivor, married twice, disabled, pansexual woman. I have years of experience in listening to others and offering comfort and advice. I am LGBTQIA welcoming, woman and femme supporting, and non-religious. I am also supporting of men/mascs who are in the deep work of healing. And though I know as a white woman I am not capable of understanding many Black and POC needs and experiences, I want to welcome any person of color to my space to discuss any issues we share within the queer community, the femme community, and just living in this world. I will respect your boundaries and your truth, and believe your experiences.

I am a horror genre fan, a picky anime fan, I love both gothic and absurdly rainbow aesthetics. I love to eat, and listen to the same song 400 million times. I am deconstructed from Christianity, have a Midwestern dialect, say "ope" a shameful amount of times a day, and love to cook a good meatloaf.

I have major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, CPTSD, and can relate to multiple issues under those umbrellas.

I look forward to being your listening ear.

Style:
Creative
Empathic / Listening
Gentle / Comforting
Practical / Advice
Scientific / Rational
Straight-talk / Tough-love
Religious
Interests:
Addiction
ADHD
Alcoholism
Anxiety
Astrology
Bipolar
Body image
Business
Caretaking
Depression
Divorce
Drugs
Eating disorders
Excessive gaming
Gambling
Gender
Health
Hoarding
Marriage
OCD
Parenting
Politics
Religious
Romance
Self-Improvement
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Issues
Sleeping issues
Smoking
Social Issues
Trauma
Veteran
Inspirations:
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Adlerian Psychoanalysis
Anger Management
Animal-Assisted
Art Therapy
Astrological Counseling
Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
Authentic Movement
Aversion Therapy
Behaviorism
Bhuddism
Bibliotherapy
Bioenergetic Analysis
Biofeedback
Body-Mind Psychotherapy
Breathwork
Christianity
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Collaborative Couple Therapy (CCT)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Critical Incident Stress Management
Dance / Movement Therapy (DMT)
Developmental Model of Couples Therapy
Developmental Psychology
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Drama Therapy
Dream Analysis
Dreamwork
Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy
Emotional Freedom Technique
Encounter-Centered Couples Therapy (EcCT)
Energy Psychology
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Existential Psychotherapy
Exposure Therapy
Expressive Arts Therapy
Feldenkrais Method
Feminist Therapy
Focusing
Gestalt Therapy
Gottman Method
Guided Therapeutic Imagery
Healing Touch
Health Psychology
Hinduism
Holistic Psychotherapy
Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
Hypnotherapy
Life Experience
Integral Psychotherapy (IP)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Islam
Journal Therapy
Judaism
Jungian Psychotherapy
Logotherapy
Marriage Counseling
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Movie Therapy
Music Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Neuropsychology
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Play Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Positive Psychology
Psychedelic Psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
Psychodrama
Psychodynamic Therapy
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
Reality Therapy
Regression Therapy
Relational Psychotherapy
Religious (Other)
Reminiscence Therapy (RT)
Self-Help
Shamanic Journeying / Psycho Shamanic
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Sport / Fitness Psychology
Time Line Therapy
Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Transactional Analysis
Voice Therapy
Wilderness Therapy

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