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Tara Hayes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Yoga Instructor. She is the owner of Mind & Mat Therapy Services LLC, a private practice specializing in psychotherapy counseling as well as private therapeutic yoga and meditation instruction. She comes with more than 10 years of experience providing mental health support and services. She has worked in various therapeutic settings including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient community behavior health clinics and private counseling practices. She completed 200 hours of yoga teacher training in the School of Integrative Yoga Therapy in 2019. She works with clients of all ages affected by depression, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma, substance use and relationship challenges. Tara goes above and beyond to focus on the unique needs of each individual. Her passion lies in helping people to know their power in healing themselves emotionally and functionally to move with more joy and ease in life.
In our first session together, we will start with brief introductions then dive into the specific challenges you are facing. This will help me tailor a plan to work through in future sessions.
I have a way of getting clients to taking actionable steps to begin to feel better as quickly possible or understand why they are not making changes. This helps to build resilience and confidence to improve functioning in everyday life.
I love working with adults of all ages who feel stuck, having difficulty with meeting goals or even coming up with goals to make life better. I join you to support and encourage your efforts to make changes that matter.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I help individuals to explore how core beliefs from the past and the resulting thoughts impact current experiences including attachment styles, communication styles and other aspects of interpersonal interaction and relationship.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Being a certified yoga teacher has helped me to understand how mindfulness practices can help with mood and emotion regulation
2 ratings with written reviews
August 27, 2025
Tara is extremely compassionate and insightful! I feel like she understands me and cares about my wellbeing. She is a great listener and she is invested in helping me reach my goals.
June 17, 2025
I have been seeing Tara for almost a year and she has been an immense help to me. She is kind, direct, and solution-oriented. I look forward to each of our sessions.