Tasha Turner, MS, MA, LCPC, CYT-200

I provide individual and couples therapy for adults who want honest support, practical strategies, and a clearer direction.

We may work well together if you are:

• Caught in the same relationship conflict without knowing how to change it
• Feeling disconnected from your partner or unsure how to work together
• Struggling to communicate about responsibilities, money, intimacy, or major decisions
• Navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, mood changes, or a major life transition
• Recovering from addiction or concerned about substance use
• Rebuilding your life after incarceration
• Trying to understand how childhood experiences or attachment patterns affect you now
• Looking for a therapist who will be compassionate without avoiding difficult conversations
• Ready to learn skills and apply what we discuss outside therapy

You do not need to arrive with everything figured out or already know which approach will help. We can begin by understanding where you are now and deciding where you want to go.

Couples Therapy Focused on Unity and Teamwork

Couples often begin therapy after spending months or years trying to solve the same problem. One partner may feel unheard while the other feels blamed, criticized, or unable to do anything correctly. Conversations can begin with one issue and quickly become arguments about everything that has happened before.

I do not approach couples therapy by choosing a side or deciding which partner is right. I help both people feel heard, understand the pattern occurring between them, and bring the issue back to the team.

My goal is unity. That does not mean agreeing about everything or avoiding difficult conversations. It means learning how to face problems together instead of treating one another as the problem.

Couples therapy with me may include:

• Identifying recurring conflict patterns
• Learning more effective communication and listening skills
• Practicing emotional-regulation and conflict-management strategies
• Clarifying roles, responsibilities, boundaries, and expectations
• Discussing money, spending, household priorities, and shared goals
• Understanding how family history and attachment affect the relationship
• Rebuilding emotional and physical connection
• Creating practical agreements that both partners can follow
• Learning how to approach future problems as a team

I also provide tailored psychoeducation so that you understand why I am recommending a particular strategy and how to use it in your actual relationship. I want couples to leave sessions feeling more connected, more capable, and clearer about what to do next.

Therapy After Incarceration and During Reentry

Returning to the community after incarceration can involve much more than finding housing or employment. You may be trying to rebuild relationships, adjust to less structure, make everyday decisions, manage shame or anger, maintain recovery, and imagine a future that feels different from your past.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a corrections officer and in a halfway-house setting. Those experiences gave me professional knowledge of correctional environments and the challenges people may encounter when returning to their families and communities.

I have seen how someone can leave incarceration feeling as though they have few options, limited support, or little preparation for what comes next. My role is not to judge your past. It is to help you recognize your options, strengthen useful skills, and begin creating a meaningful life outside the correctional system.

Therapy during reentry may address:

• Adjusting to daily life after incarceration
• Rebuilding your identity, confidence, and sense of purpose
• Developing routines, life skills, and realistic plans
• Navigating family and relationship changes
• Processing childhood trauma and attachment experiences
• Addressing addiction, substance use, or recovery
• Managing anger, anxiety, depression, shame, or hopelessness
• Strengthening decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Identifying options when life feels limited
• Building a future that reflects who you want to become

I offer a direct and nonjudgmental space where you can talk honestly about your experiences without being reduced to the choices you made or the system you have been through.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in correctional and reentry settings, including as a corrections officer and in a halfway house. Those experiences allowed me to meet people from many different backgrounds and see how trauma, addiction, relationships, limited resources, and past decisions can shape someone’s life.

I also saw how difficult it can be to move forward when you have been given consequences but not the support, skills, or opportunities needed to build something different. People leaving incarceration may be expected to rebuild their lives without a clear plan, a strong support system, or confidence that other options are available.

That stayed with me.

I became a therapist because I wanted to help people understand how they arrived where they are without treating their past as the end of their story. I wanted to create a space where people could be honest about what happened, take responsibility where needed, and still be met with dignity, curiosity, and hope.

My background also shaped my interest in childhood trauma, attachment, addiction, substance use, and the ways early experiences can continue affecting adult decisions and relationships. I have presented on childhood trauma and attachment theory, and I continue bringing that understanding into my work with individuals and couples.

I believe people need more than someone telling them what they did wrong. They need opportunities to understand their patterns, develop useful skills, recognize the choices available to them, and create a realistic plan for moving forward.

Where you have been matters, but it does not have to determine where you go next.