ABOUT

Hello, I’m Tara Bass, LCSW

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.

 

My aspiration is to turn challenges into learning and transform our confusion into wisdom. By doing so, we can learn to find contentment in each moment, knowing that all our experiences are an opportunity to connect us to our inherent wisdom.

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.

CREDENTIALS

  • I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of Colorado and California. 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 Level 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.

  • 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.

  • 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