Experience
My name is Tahmi (pronounced TOM-EE, she/her pronouns) and I have worked in private practice for 10 years. My related work experience has consisted of both direct and indirect roles in the human services field. I have worked in a variety of settings including non-profits, public health crisis response, community-based mental health, and in chemical dependency detoxification and outpatient treatment.
Education
My educational background includes a Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling and a post-graduate certificate in Addiction Studies. I am dually licensed as a Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) with the Behavioral Board of Health & Therapy in the state of Minnesota, specializing in co-occurring issues and trauma-informed practices.
Approach
My approach to change is integrative, meaning that it combines methods and ideas from different schools of thought. It is based on the concept that no singular theory of practice can be effective with all concerns, in all contexts, with all people.
With this underlying belief, I have focused on the continual development of awareness, knowledge, and skills on understanding trauma. This has included training and experience in numerous somatic modalities, such as yoga teacher training, Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and Trauma-Releasing Exercises.
Systemically, we are organized in hierarchal power-over/power-under structures that assign inherent value. This understanding identifies the fundamental roles that trauma and stress, and the socio-cultural pressures of living, exert on our bodies, minds, and collective. We are interconnected and interdependent.
