Tara Sheppard

Tara Sheppard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 25 years of experience in the mental health field. Her background includes extensive work in child welfare and school social work, supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating emotional, behavioral, and systemic challenges.

Her practice is grounded in trauma‑informed, strengths‑based care, with a deep understanding of how family dynamics, educational settings, and social inequities influence mental health. Tara strives to create a collaborative, supportive therapeutic environment that honors each client’s lived experience while integrating evidence‑informed approaches.

In addition to providing therapy, Tara is an experienced clinical supervisor and is passionate about developing and supporting clinicians. Her supervision style is reflective, developmentally attuned, and focused on building clinical skills, ethical decision‑making, self‑awareness, and sustainability in practice. She aims to create a supervisory space where clinicians feel confident, competent, and grounded in their professional identity.