
I’ve always been drawn to depth — the stories beneath the story and the emotional currents most people try to move past too quickly.
For years I’ve worked with thoughtful, intuitive women who feel deeply and want their lives to feel authentic, creative, and aligned.
Over time, I noticed something.
The deepest work often begins when life becomes fragile.
A diagnosis.
A loss.
Burnout.
A season that quietly rearranges who you thought you were.
These are threshold moments — the in-between places where the old story no longer fits and the new one hasn’t formed yet.
That’s usually where I meet people.
Sometimes we’re talking about grief, mortality, and identity shifts.
Sometimes we’re rediscovering creativity that got buried under responsibility or survival mode.
And sometimes we’re talking about your Meemaw’s banana bread — because therapy doesn’t have to feel sterile to be meaningful.
This is depth work.
But we can do shadow work in hot pink.
I’m Tawnya—a therapist, intuitive, "former" gifted child and lifelong sensitive raised in the Pacific Northwest. I now live on the Kansas prairie with my husband and my black cat. I've always been drawn to the quiet wisdom of creativity, story and mystery, ancestry, and the inner world. I am a home chef and love cooking all types of world cuisine (although Mediterranean and Cuban are my favorite!).
I love learning about ancestry and find it to be an important aspect in one's healing. From my Scandinavian roots, I bring a love of warmth and the gentle seasonal rhythms of hygge. My logo features the Swedish dala horse, a symbol of strength and courage. From my Irish roots, a love of storytelling and mystery; from my German roots, tradition and from my French roots...well, a love of all things French!
Professionally, my path has included work in crisis respite, county corrections, inpatient and outpatient settings, and residential treatment. These experiences shaped my deep respect for the complexity of the human nervous system, trauma recovery, and the quiet resilience of sensitive people.
I hold a Master’s degree in Community Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies and Gender Studies. My continuing education includes training with Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score), Annie Hopper (DNRS), Leslie Korn (Integrative Medicine for Mental Health), Karen Pryor (Pain & Neuroplasticity), Robert Schwarz (Energy Psychology), and professional education as a Death Doula. I am a licensed therapist in both Kansas and Oregon.
My work integrates:
• Trauma-informed psychotherapy
• Attachment and relational depth work
• Nervous system regulation
• Existential and meaning-centered frameworks
• Gentle integration of spirituality when desired
• Lifestyle-Based Behavioral Therapy
You do not need to minimize yourself here.
Please reach me at Tawnya@mannamentalhealth.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
I do not offer: Couples counseling or therapy to those under age 18 • Structured DBT programs • Crisis counseling or active SI/SA stabilization • ADHD evaluations, court documentation, Emotional Support Animal (ESA) consults/letters or general assessments
Traditional therapy often focuses on symptom reduction, coping strategies, and problem-solving around daily life stressors. While those approaches can be helpful, my work is rooted in depth, meaning, and the seasons of life that fundamentally change us.
I specialize in supporting people navigating grief, serious illness, anticipatory loss, survivorship, and existential questions about mortality and identity. When life becomes fragile, the work shifts. Surface concerns often give way to deeper conversations about fear, faith, legacy, relationship repair, and what truly matters. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and grounded in nervous system awareness. We move at a pace that honors the weight of what you’re carrying. There is space here for complexity — for anger, relief, doubt, spiritual questioning, love, and unfinished stories.
Therapy is most effective when it’s intentional and aligned. Over the years, I’ve learned that I do my best work with those who are introspective and seeking sustainable healing — not just symptom relief. While I deeply respect all therapeutic paths, I no longer provide broad or crisis-based mental health services. By staying grounded in my niche, I can offer deeper expertise, steadier presence, and care that truly reflects my values. I practice what I call boutique therapy — maintaining a small, carefully curated caseload so that each client receives deep, individualized attention. This allows sessions to unfold at a slower pace, with more space for reflection, nervous system regulation, and lifestyle integration.
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