Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Have you been struggling with finding peace of mind? Are you tired of hunting for happiness and feel like living life every day has become a struggle? Have stress and anxiety taken over your life? Do you feel like things or relationships in your past, are casting a shadow on your future? Have you forgotten or are struggling to find what is unique, special and wonderful about you? Counseling may be the answer to helping you discover who are, what you want to become and develop a plan to build a brighter future.
In a society where we are judged by differences and weaknesses it is difficult to remember your strengths. I believe that every human being regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background deserves to have a life filled with respect, love, contentment, and companionship and use several treatment modalities to help clients find learn to identify, appreciate and celebrate the multicolor facets that make them special. I do this using several treatment modalities tailored to fit the needs of the client. I offer client centered and solution focused therapy, cognitive behavioral and cognitive processing therapies, existential and art therapies.
I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. I treat a wide range of mental health challenges including anxiety and stress, mood disorders, trauma, depression, sexuality, sexual identity, alternative lifestyles, coping with chronic illness, military family life, and life transitions. I have 30 years of working with couples, members of alternative lifestyles, service members, families and support system members.
I want to collaborate with you to create a Therapeutic plan for positive outcomes. My approach is eclectic, eccentric, creative, nerdy and tailored to the needs of each individual. I want to help you develop ways to cope with life’s struggles and process old triggers holding you back so that they can rediscover happiness and a sense of wonder in your world.
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Tonya Wacker is a licensed counselor based in Tennessee who partners with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship pain, or the weight of past experiences. She works with those searching for peace of mind and a clearer sense of what makes them unique, helping clients explore identity, rebuild self-esteem, and move toward a brighter future.
She believes every person deserves a life of respect, love, and companionship regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. To support that belief she uses a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to each person’s needs, including client-centered and solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral and cognitive processing techniques, existential perspectives, and art-based interventions.
With 14 years of professional experience, Tonya has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She addresses a broad set of concerns such as anxiety and stress, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, depression, questions of sexuality and sexual identity, alternative lifestyles, coping with chronic illness, military family life, and transitions across the lifespan.
Tonya is licensed to practice counseling in both Tennessee and Kentucky, credentials that reflect her professional standing (licenses: TN LPC 5094 and KY LPCC 104252). She approaches care as a collaborative process, creating individualized therapeutic plans aimed at practical, positive outcomes. Her style is eclectic, eccentric, creative, and yes, a bit nerdy – all shaped to help people develop coping strategies, process old triggers, and rediscover a sense of wonder and well-being in their lives.
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