Supervised by Amy Gandin, LMFT #40831
Rev. Dr. Tonya Reed brings a distinctive integration of psychotherapy, grief support, transpersonal psychology, neuroscience, mind-body psychology, spirituality, and life-transition work to her practice at A Place to Turn. She works with adults navigating grief and loss, including bereavement and end-of-life concerns, as well as the losses that can accompany changes in relationships, careers, health, identity, and life circumstances.
Tonya is a Certified Death Doula and End-of-Life Midwife, with a particular interest in supporting individuals and families as they face serious illness, dying, death, bereavement, mortality, and questions of meaning and legacy. Her understanding of grief extends beyond the death of a loved one to include the often-overlooked grief associated with endings and transitions: the loss of a job or career, changes in health or independence, relationship endings, caregiving, changing family roles, and the loss of an anticipated future.
Tonya holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Counseling, an M.S. in Applied Psychophysiology with an emphasis in neuroscience and mind-body medicine, and a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in California. Her clinical approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, mindfulness, and mind-body perspectives.
As a mature clinician, researcher, and ordained interfaith minister, Tonya offers a thoughtful space for clients who are navigating profound change or seeking to understand the psychological, relational, physiological, and spiritual dimensions of their experience. Spirituality is welcomed when it is meaningful to the client and is never imposed.
Tonya has a particular interest in the emotional and relational dimensions of midlife and the years beyond, including identity shifts, changing priorities, relationship transitions, caregiving, grief, purpose, mortality, and questions about what comes next. She recognizes that grief is not simply something to “get over,” but can be an important process of adapting to a changed reality and finding meaning in what remains.
She welcomes BIPOC clients seeking culturally responsive care in which identity, family systems, lived experience, and cultural context can be explored with depth and respect. Her work is grounded in the belief that meaningful therapy addresses the whole person—the mind, body, emotions, relationships, and spirit.
To schedule an appointment with Tonya, please contact info@aplace2turn.com.
From anxiety and depression to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we utilize holistic talk therapies and innovative treatments like eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR).
