Tarrah Grady , LCSW

Tarrah Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with more than 15 years of clinical experience. As a clinician she focuses on partnering with and empowering people to move toward their goals and realize greater potential. Her background spans a wide range of care settings, including hospitals, outpatient clinics, inpatient addiction treatment programs, correctional facilities, schools, and organizations that provide suicide intervention.

Her clinical work has included counseling couples and individuals across the lifespan - children and adults - as well as facilitating therapy groups and providing crisis intervention. She has completed specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused approaches, and play therapy. Tarrah holds a bachelor of social work from the University of Central Missouri and a master of social work from Washington University in St. Louis.

Her therapeutic approach is warm, engaging, and interactive, grounded in respect, compassion, and a nonjudgmental stance. She acknowledges that seeking help takes courage and remains committed to supporting individuals and families as they take steps toward change.

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