Tifarah Canion (she/her)

I worked in many different capacities in the foster care field; office manager, case manager, trainer/recruiter, and always an advocate. The foster parents I most connected with are the ones that help solidify that becoming a counselor was my next step, and most importantly all of the children I worked for. I have worked with a lot in foster care, from failed reunifications to failed adoptions- and yes the best things in the world are good reunifications and perfectly matched adoptions.

The vast majority of my time counseling has been with individuals working through major life transitions; trying to find themselves after the end of a very long relationship, trying to find themselves in a marriage that is not working, settling into college life, graduating from college, working through family relationships that aren't the easiest, working through complex traumas, healing from sexual assault...

Anxiety can be a very scary thing, a lot of individuals feel alone in it. I want to start by letting you know, you are definitely not alone with it! Anxiety affects a lot of people, and it certainly does not look the same in everyone. The good news is there are lots of different ways to approach that anxiety and come back to yourself. I lean into the holistic approach to anxiety, where we start with where you are feeling it in your body and what it is telling you. Then we work out from there!

It is bad enough to have already had to experience something traumatic (or even multiple traumatic events) but it is another thing to be taken back to those. moments due to triggers or just trying to sleep. I use a holistic and narrative therapy approach when working with PTSD, and we start with a plan to figure out what sort of coping skills can help bring some functionality back into your life.

Relationships are unique and special, and sometimes we experience things within a relationship that we just don't fully understand. I have helped clients work through a multitude of relationship issues such as recent hard breakups, figuring out their differing communication styles, learning how to have healthy arguments, and so much more.

Our mind and body are so connected that we can experience stress in different places all over our body, this can show itself in many ways such as a source of pain to loss of appetite. By asking questions and getting to know the client I will also incorporate breathwork, guided meditation, and sometimes send the client home with some stretches to use throughout the week to continue to work the stress out.

Narrative therapy is an essential piece of therapy as it not only gives YOU control of the story but more importantly it encourages you to use your voice.

How we are tended to as children greatly impacts us as adults. As a child, if all our needs are met we are more comfortable being ourselves and interacting in the world. But say we were not really tended to when we were upset as a child, this teaches us that we can't rely on others to help us in hard times and that we have to figure things out on our own. Understanding where our attachments are and how they started can help us to work towards creating healthier and happier connections.

How we are tended to as children greatly impacts us as adults. As a child, if all our needs are met we are more comfortable being ourselves and interacting in the world. But say we were not really tended to when we were upset as a child, this teaches us that we can't rely on others to help us in hard times and that we have to figure things out on our own. Understanding where our attachments are and how they started can help us to work towards creating healthier and happier connections.