The universe is always guiding and speaking to you through your relationships, your emotions, and the mirrors life holds up every day. Self-mastery is learning how to listen, perceive, and use those messages to awaken to who you truly are.

Hi, I’m Tara Arutunian, LCSW. I’m a psychotherapist in private practice in Glen Head, NY, where I help people master their inner world so they can walk their true path with clarity and freedom. We will address your unique challenges so you feel more grounded, clear, and emotionally connected to yourself and others.

My style is warm, direct, intuitive, and deeply collaborative. You don’t have to come in knowing exactly what’s wrong- just bring your real self. Sessions are conversational and compassionate, often weaving together deep emotional insight with curiosity, playfulness, and even laughter. I’ll meet whatever you’re carrying with honesty and care, while keeping an eye on where you want to go.

I believe that the most important relationship we will ever cultivate is the one we have with ourselves- because how we see and treat ourselves shapes every other part of our lives. My job is to help you come back to that inner relationship with more compassion, clarity, and strength.
This work is more than just feeling better, it’s about waking up to yourself, making sense of your story, and learning how to live from a place of grounded truth.

With a BSW from Stony Brook University (2011), and a MSW from Adelphi University (2018), I’ve continued to deepen my education over the years in both traditional and alternative approaches to healing. My advanced training includes:

  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Hypnotherapy

  • Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

  • Reflective Parenting- Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)

  • Personal clinical work in trauma-informed care, emotional regulation, and nervous system healing

In addition to my clinical background, my personal and professional path has been shaped by a lifelong connection to spirituality, intuition, and meaning. I believe healing isn’t just about relief from symptoms, it’s about reconnecting to your deeper self, your inner knowing, and a sense of purpose that’s carried forward.

I’ve pursued this work not only through traditional education, but also through personal psychoanalysis, meditation, ceremonial healing, somatic work and breath-work. I’m deeply influenced by the intersections of neuroscience, attachment theory, quantum physics, and the healing power of presence, movement, writing, and intuition.

I believe the more you come home to yourself, the more you heal. And the more you heal, the more access you have to wisdom, connection, and peace.