Tara is a second-year doctoral student in clinical psychology at the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford. She was born and raised in New Jersey and Upstate New York, and received her both her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College. Both in her Master’s-level internship and following graduation, Tara worked in the counseling center at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, working with both traditional and nontraditional students towards adolescents and emerging adults around concerns such as navigating life transitions, depression, anxiety, academic adjustment, relationship/interpersonal difficulties, gender-identity exploration, family of origin dynamics, trauma, and life stressors. Tara is especially interested in working with Men’s Issues, Perinatal populations, and transitions to parenthood. In her free time, Tara loves to exercise, cook, and read. She takes every chance she gets to return home to the Adirondack Mountains, and can usually be found spending time with family and friends.