ABOUT
Hello, I’m Tara Bass
I offer telehealth therapy for adults located in California and Colorado.
My life has been a journey of inner and outer exploration. I value listening, trusting and following your heart to live your most authentic life.
As a therapist, meditation practitioner and teacher, I have worked to be of benefit to others through mentoring, empowering, and offering my genuine presence. I walk this path alongside you through exploration, compassion, learning, and growth.
As a helping professional I have navigated burn-out, compassion fatigue, harmful working environments and the challenges that arise from person in system dynamics.
As a fellow human, I have journeyed through personal grief, spiritual exploration, questions of belonging, and loss of heart. These experiences have taught me the importance of creating boundaries, self-compassion, identifying and practicing self-nurturing and seeking social connection and supports. It is from this lens that I engage with you on your therapeutic journey.
I have dedicated the last 20 + years of my professional life to helping others. I offer tools, skills, and guidance for personal healing, self-compassion, presence, connection, and clarity. I utilize creativity, collaboration, and safety in all the work I engage in.
Thank you for entrusting me with the personal challenges of your mind and heart.
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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of California and Colorado and a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist. I work with adult individuals and groups in a present-focused, solution-oriented framework applying theory and practices based on individual assessment and needs. I am a Certified andLevel 2 trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and somatic and psychodynamic principles and practices.
I have professional experience in many different settings, including private practice, primary care, outpatient community mental health, substance use recovery, psychiatric urgent care, inpatient psychiatric care, and homeless services.
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I am a certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. I have worked as an administrator at a meditation retreat center serving hundreds of participants each year. I am a meditation instructor within the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and have had my own personal meditation practice since 2008. I am interested in Mindful Leadership and developing healthy workplace and community environments.
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I earned my MSW at University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to becoming a clinical social worker, I was an elementary school teacher in Brooklyn, New York, where I earned an MST at Pace University through the New York City Teaching Fellows program. I earned a BA at University of California, Los Angeles in Theater Arts.California License #: LCS 27353
Colorado License #: CSW.0992439