About Tierney
Identification
Pronouns she/her.
I am a wife, mother, family oriented, creative, life-long student.
Experience
Addiction Treatment
I earned my Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy through a wonderful small program in Maui, Hawaii that placed emphasis on the importance of honoring cultural differences in therapy. There I completed 300 hours of supervised experience at an Addiction Treatment Center, which focused on comprehensive and holistic treatment for lasting change.
School Based Counseling in Alternative Education
After graduation I worked with adolescents in an alternative education program, a program focused on the success of students who did not fit the public school model. Many of these teens had been subjected to trauma, addiction and abuse and struggled with drug-use, violence, gangs, anxiety, depression, family acceptance, financial hardship and securing housing.
I counseled students through the COVID-19 pandemic, where they had to adapt and graduate High School in a situation that none of their parents, teachers or mentors had ever had to do.
Private Practice
I began working in private practice under supervision in 2020, and opened my own practice after becoming licensed in 2021.
Populations
I have worked with a variety of populations and issues including:
At-Risk Adolescents
Gang Members and On Probation
LGBTQ+
Pacific Islander, Latinx
Transgender and Transitioning
Male, Female, Gender Non-Conforming
Issues Treated
I have experience working with:
Life Transitions, Graduations and Launching
Building Healthy Friendships and Relationships
Child-Parent Struggles
Motivation, Organization and Planning
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Bi-Polar, Addiction, Eating Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD, Trauma, Anger
Trainings
ASIST, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Deportations and Immigration Training, Considerations in Counseling
Trauma Informed Care
Internal Family Systems (IFS), Level I Trained
To learn more about IFS please visit: https://ifs-institute.com/