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Founder
Susan Love, MS, LPC (She/Her/Hers)
Susan is NOT accepting new clients.
Susan is the founder of Whole Self Healing of Arizona. Originally from Mississippi, she moved to Arizona in 2016 to complete her internship working with individuals in recovery from eating disorders, trauma, and mood disorders. She has worked in Residential, Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient, and outpatient levels of care supporting those in the recovery process.
Susan's belief in addressing the root cause of symptoms led her to advanced training and education in the treatment of trauma. She has completed trainings in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Structural Dissociation Theory, Deep Brain Reorienting, and is a certified provider of Stephen Porges' Safe and Sound Protocol and Integrated Listening Systems The Focus System. She also receives ongoing consultation and training in the treatment of
complex trauma & dissociation.
Passionate about education and training, Susan provides clinical supervision to LACs and LMSWs working towards their independent license. She offers case consulting services to therapists and dietitians treating clients presenting with complex trauma and disordered eating, an area dear to her heart. Susan's goal is to grow the network of therapists in Tucson who specialize in treating eating disorders, complex trauma and dissociation.
Clinical Administrative Assistant
Aliana Ruiz, BS (She/Her/Hers)
Aliana graduated in May of 2019 with a B.S. in Care, Health and Society and a minor in Psychology. She has worked as a Behavioral Health Technician with teen and adult clients recovering from eating disorders, substance use, trauma, and sexual abuse. In 2021 Aliana worked onsite as a Camp Inclusion Interventionist at a UC Berkeley Youth Program and in 2022, Aliana worked as the Inclusion and Intervention Coordinator at a UC Berkeley Youth Program. As an Interventionist Aliana supported youth through behavioral challenges that were presented during camp, and as a Coordinator Aliana directly facilitated communications between parents, the Intervention Team, leadership and camp counselors. She developed, assessed, and modified action plans to support campers, and ensured the Intervention Team collaborated on and skillfully executed the action plans.
Aliana is attending Northern Arizona University's Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and plans to become a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her focus is to work with children and parents to heal trauma, address how mental health impacts child-parent relationships, and encourage gentle parenting.
Aliana plays a vital role in the day to day operations of the practice. Her current role as the Clinical Administrative Assistant is to directly and effectively support the clinicians so their time can be utilized efficiently towards providing therapeutic and compassionate health services for clients. Aliana is here to support you, our client, with getting set up as a new client and any ongoing scheduling and billing needs.
Clinical Staff
Robyn Beale, MA, LAC, CRC
Robyn is accepting new clients.
Robyn graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology at Michigan State University in 2010. She spent six years working with at risk youth and adults in the community mental health sector prior to pursing her graduate education in 2016. Her experience spans from working in residential treatment, outpatient, substance use disorder treatment and crisis intervention. Robyn completed her internships working in substance use disorder treatment for women in both residential and intensive outpatient settings.
In 2018, Robyn completed her Masters of Arts degree in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling at the University of Arizona. Robyn is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and is a Licensed Associate Counselor with AZBBHE.
By using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Robyn helps clients gain stability by learning new coping skills and behaviors that address anxiety, depression, disordered eating and grief symptoms.
Robyn is also an EMDR trained therapist who is completing ongoing training in using EMDR with Structural Dissociation Theory to treat trauma, complex trauma, and dissociation.
Use https://wholeselfhealingaz.clientsecure.me/
to request an appointment with Tara. If appointment is denied, an alternative date will be provided.
Jean Millen, MA, LAC
Jean is NOT accepting new clients.
Born in Massachusetts and living her first years on the coast of Maine, Jean grew up loving the outdoors and exploring the natural world with her friends and family. Within the rich natural environment of northern New England and amongst the woods, lakes, streams, mountains, flora and fauna, her belief in the ability we have as sentient beings to be whole and healthy, living in harmony with the earth and each other was solidified becoming her guiding practice. Interested in developing a therapy practice that cultivates mindfulness and supports an approach that understands and supports our deep connection to the environment, Jean enrolled in a seminal Prescott College Master’s Degree Program, graduating in December 2009 with a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology Equine Assisted Mental Health. Her graduate thesis/capstone researched the practice of nature-based therapy-Ecotherapy- as a broader type of holistic healing through reconnection to Earth and integrative healing involving an equine assisted approach. Nature-based and equine therapy have a profound impact on our bodies and brains assisting us to reduce anxiety, stress, and heal from trauma while increasing our capacity for creativity, presence, and ultimately connection with ourselves and others.
Jean offers a person-centered, intuitive approach to relational psychotherapy and incorporates her experience with eclectic training in expressive art therapies, Equine-nature-based therapy, Eriksonian Hypnosis, evidenced-based Cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) and EMDR with a focus on complex trauma. Her approach is gentle, cooperative, and experiential, and incorporates treatment modalities such as EMDR and mindfulness and relies heavily on learning together what resources are best suited to help you in your journey. Many of us come to therapy when our exceptionally clever coping mechanisms developed over time become maladaptive and no longer serve us. As a guide, Jean is here to journey and explore together with you in the discovery of authenticity, creativity, and increased fulfillment of our greatest whole self.
Ashley Shulski, MSW, MPhil, LMSW, CTP (She/Her/Hers)
Ashley is accepting new clients.
Ashley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Studies at Kaplan University in 2014. Before deciding to return to higher education to pursue her graduate education in 2016, she spent most of her professional career over the prior two and a half decades working as a violent crimes victim advocate, paralegal, crisis counselor, and case manager. Ashley completed her non-clinical internship for her master’s degree working in one of the top public high school systems in the nation as a social worker providing counseling to students as well as being a subject matter expert in mental health issues with teens living in poverty. Ashley’s clinical internship was completed at a small public mental health agency conducting outpatient counseling and therapy.
In 2018, Ashley completed her Master of Social Work degree with a focus on addictions and clinical social work at Walden University. Ashley is a Licensed Master Social Worker with AZBBHE. Ashley also holds certifications as a Clinical Trauma Professional and as a Certified AutPlay Therapy Provider. Recently, as part of Ashley’s Ph.D. Human Services program requirements, Ashley obtained her MPhil degree, further advancing her skills as a human and social services practitioner.
In the optimistic and hopeful approach of person-centered therapy, Ashley focuses on the importance of each person’s own experience and story and how each subjective experience will help clients grow and progress through their therapy experience. In addition to taking a person-centered approach, Ashley is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Sand Tray, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Polyvagal, and Ego State Therapy that supports each person’s journey during healing from unresolved trauma. Ashley is also engaged in ongoing advanced training and consultations for EMDR working from primarily a Structural Dissociation theoretical framework to primarily treat trauma, complex trauma, and dissociation. Ashley is also currently working on becoming a certified EMDR provider.
Use https://wholeselfhealingaz.clientsecure.me/
to request an appointment with Tara. If appointment is denied, an alternative date will be provided.
Tara Edminson, MS, LAC (She/Her/Hers)
Tara is accepting new clients.
Tara graduated from the University of Arizona in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology. Prompted by her own journey and desire to support others, in 2009 she returned to school to complete her Master of Science in Counseling from the University of Phoenix and graduated in 2013. Since that time, she has worked with individuals, families, adults and children in a public behavioral health setting, in-patient and out-patient substance use treatment, and she has spent the past 5 years working in hospital emergency rooms working with patients in crisis and their families.
Tara utilizes an eclectic approach to counseling, tailoring sessions to each individual client. She is passionate about working with and advocating for individuals with chemical dependency issues, trauma, grief and loss, eating disorders, depression, and life changing events/transitions. She believes that healing from early childhood experiences, learning new coping strategies, and finding purpose are of paramount importance to an individual’s emotional health. Tara believes that everyone is capable of making positive changes in their lives and the counseling relationship being a catalyst for change. She brings both her professional and personal experience to guide her therapeutic interventions, knowing that miracles happen and the possibilities for growth are endless.
It is not an easy decision to enter counseling, to tell a stranger your innermost thoughts, beliefs, feelings but Tara is here to support you through this process so you are empowered to live your best life. With a desire to help clients heal, Tara has completed her EMDR and Somatic Psychotherapy training through the Maiberger Institute. She looks forward to exploring the limitless possibilities with you!
Use https://wholeselfhealingaz.clientsecure.me/
to request an appointment with Tara. If appointment is denied, an alternative date will be provided.
Kendall Jordan, LMSW (She/Her/Hers)
Kendall is accepting new clients.
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Kendall completed her Bachelor of Science in Education at the University of Louisville in 2016. Quickly realizing her passions were outside of the traditional classroom setting, she went on to work at a youth residential home with foster children and then case management at a substance use disorder treatment facility. From there, she completed her Master of Science in Social Work at the University of Louisville, which then allowed Kendall to practice therapy in an acute inpatient hospital setting, individual and group therapy settings, intensive outpatient settings, as well as provide implementation support to substance use treatment facilities across the state. Kendall moved to Arizona in 2022 to pursue independent licensure.
Kendall embraces the holistic nature of healing, understanding that trauma manifests in one’s mind, body, emotion, energy, and spirit. Each person’s healing is as unique as their journey, so she uses a person-centered, holistic, and integrative approach to walk with clients through their journey of self-discovery and growth using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and a Structural Dissociation framework. She is completing ongoing training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) to treat clients with trauma, dissociation, grief, loss, death, substance use, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and identity challenges. Kendall embodies the belief that every person is capable and worthy of reaching their
optimal growth and healing.
Use https://wholeselfhealingaz.clientsecure.me/
to request an appointment with Kendall. If appointment is denied, an alternative date will be provided.
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