Therapeutic counseling serving clients of all genders & s*xualities in two office locations:
The Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley, Northampton, MA
&
The Soma Wellness Center, Brattleboro, VT
Therapy with Yana
Yana Tallon-Hicks, MA, brings her unique comfort with and knowledge of s*x and s*xuality issues to the individuals, couples, and relationships she works with. Yana works with clients from all backgrounds and relationship styles, especially including LGBTQQ couples & those in non-monogamous relationship structures. She takes a collaborative, active approach to both individual & relationship therapy to help clients become unstuck from ruts, break old unhealthy patterns, communicate more effectively, resolve relationship crises, and learn more about themselves as partners and as people. Couples & partners come to Yana for therapy in all states: fine-tuning an otherwise happy union, distraught after trust has been broken, considering a break-up, recovering from an affair, or just wanting to learn new relationship skills. Individual clients often attend therapy with Yana to work on issues related to s*xuality & relationships, however all areas of personal growth are welcome. Yana offers therapeutic assessments and letters for gender affirming hormones and surgeries under the informed consent model. Discernment Counseling is also available. Discernment counseling is a brief (1-5 sessions) & distinct style of relationship therapy for partners on the brink of a split or otherwise struggling to make a decision to commit to couples therapy or not. Yana holds a Masters Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from Antioch University and her Bachelors degree in LGBTQQ and s*xuality studies from Hampshire College. She uses the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work with flexibility and an open mind to each person’s individual experience of the world around them. Professional Licensing Disclosure
Yana is a pre-licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a member of the AAMFT at the Pre-Clinical Fellow Level (Membership ID #154077). Her work in Northampton, MA is supervised by Katherine Waddell, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist at the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley. Yana is a pre-licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and is an approved member of the state of Vermont’s Non-Licensed & Non-Certified Psychotherapist Roster (license # 097.0134122). She is a member of the AAMFT at the Pre-Clinical Fellow Level (Membership ID #154077). Her work in Vermont is supervised by Emily Megas-Russell, LICSW. To read more about Yana's therapeutic work and to schedule an intake session in either the Northampton or Brattleboro location, please visit her website: http://yanatallonhicks.com/therapy/
