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Tara Winter, LCAT, RDT
Integrative Psychotherapy and
Drama Therapy
TARA WINTER THERAPY
Tara Winter, LCAT, RDT
Integrative Psychotherapy and
Drama Therapy
TARA WINTER THERAPY
services
I offer a compassionate, supportive space where you can feel heard, understood, and valued. Life comes with ups and downs, and I’m here to help you navigate them with kindness and empathy.
For Adults
WHO ARE CREATIVE
My work also includes adults who are creative, sensitive, introspective, or emotionally complex—and who may be looking for something deeper than simply managing symptoms.
You may be navigating a transition, questioning who you are becoming, struggling in a relationship, feeling disconnected from your creativity, experiencing anxiety, or carrying emotions that seem bigger or more complicated than you can easily explain.
Maybe you’re functioning well on the outside, but something inside feels stuck, disconnected, or difficult to put into words.
Or perhaps you’ve spent years trying to understand yourself intellectually and are ready to experience yourself differently.
Therapy can be a space to explore the parts of your life that don’t always fit neatly into words—creativity, relationships, dreams, identity, embodiment, meaning, and the patterns that live beneath the surface.
Therapy doesn’t have to be about fixing what’s wrong with you.
It can be a space to become more fully yourself.
FOR TEENS
WITH RICH INNER WORLDS
I work well with teenagers who have rich inner worlds and may experience life a little differently than the people around them.
You may be imaginative, emotionally sensitive, curious, intense, creative, or simply someone who thinks and feels deeply. You may be figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you believe, or how you want to move through the world.
Sometimes anxiety, school stress, relationships, family changes, or the pressure to fit in can make all of this feel even harder to navigate.
Therapy can offer a space where you don’t have to have everything figured out. Together, we can explore emotions, anxiety, relationships, identity, creativity, dreams, patterns, and the parts of yourself that are beginning to emerge.
You don’t have to arrive with everything figured out.
You just have to be willing to get curious.
For Children
WHO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD DEEPLY
I work with children using play, creativity, movement, and nervous-system–informed approaches.
This work can be especially supportive for children who are emotionally sensitive, imaginative, creative, or neurodivergent, particularly when they are experiencing anxiety, big emotions, difficulty with regulation, school or social challenges, transitions, or trouble putting what they are feeling into words.
Sometimes a child may seem overwhelmed, withdrawn, frustrated, anxious, or stuck—but not have the language to explain why.
Children don’t always communicate what is happening through conversation. Their stories, drawings, play, movement, and behavior can communicate things that words cannot.
Therapy can give children a safe, supportive space to express themselves, build emotional awareness, develop greater regulation, and make sense of the world around them.
I also work collaboratively with parents when support or guidance outside of the child’s individual sessions is helpful.
services
I offer a compassionate, supportive space where you can feel heard, understood, and valued. Life comes with ups and downs, and I’m here to help you navigate them with kindness and empathy.
For Adults
WHO ARE CREATIVE
My work also includes adults who are creative, sensitive, introspective, or emotionally complex—and who may be looking for something deeper than simply managing symptoms.
You may be navigating a transition, questioning who you are becoming, struggling in a relationship, feeling disconnected from your creativity, experiencing anxiety, or carrying emotions that seem bigger or more complicated than you can easily explain.
Maybe you’re functioning well on the outside, but something inside feels stuck, disconnected, or difficult to put into words.
Or perhaps you’ve spent years trying to understand yourself intellectually and are ready to experience yourself differently.
Therapy can be a space to explore the parts of your life that don’t always fit neatly into words—creativity, relationships, dreams, identity, embodiment, meaning, and the patterns that live beneath the surface.
Therapy doesn’t have to be about fixing what’s wrong with you.
It can be a space to become more fully yourself.
FOR TEENS
WITH RICH INNER WORLDS
I work well with teenagers who have rich inner worlds and may experience life a little differently than the people around them.
You may be imaginative, emotionally sensitive, curious, intense, creative, or simply someone who thinks and feels deeply. You may be figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you believe, or how you want to move through the world.
Sometimes anxiety, school stress, relationships, family changes, or the pressure to fit in can make all of this feel even harder to navigate.
Therapy can offer a space where you don’t have to have everything figured out. Together, we can explore emotions, anxiety, relationships, identity, creativity, dreams, patterns, and the parts of yourself that are beginning to emerge.
You don’t have to arrive with everything figured out.
You just have to be willing to get curious.
For Children
WHO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD DEEPLY
I work with children using play, creativity, movement, and nervous-system–informed approaches.
This work can be especially supportive for children who are emotionally sensitive, imaginative, creative, or neurodivergent, particularly when they are experiencing anxiety, big emotions, difficulty with regulation, school or social challenges, transitions, or trouble putting what they are feeling into words.
Sometimes a child may seem overwhelmed, withdrawn, frustrated, anxious, or stuck—but not have the language to explain why.
Children don’t always communicate what is happening through conversation. Their stories, drawings, play, movement, and behavior can communicate things that words cannot.
Therapy can give children a safe, supportive space to express themselves, build emotional awareness, develop greater regulation, and make sense of the world around them.
I also work collaboratively with parents when support or guidance outside of the child’s individual sessions is helpful.
services
I offer a compassionate, supportive space where you can feel heard, understood, and valued. Life comes with ups and downs, and I’m here to help you navigate them with kindness and empathy.
For Adults
WHO ARE CREATIVE
My work also includes adults who are creative, sensitive, introspective, or emotionally complex—and who may be looking for something deeper than simply managing symptoms.
You may be navigating a transition, questioning who you are becoming, struggling in a relationship, feeling disconnected from your creativity, experiencing anxiety, or carrying emotions that seem bigger or more complicated than you can easily explain.
Maybe you’re functioning well on the outside, but something inside feels stuck, disconnected, or difficult to put into words.
Or perhaps you’ve spent years trying to understand yourself intellectually and are ready to experience yourself differently.
Therapy can be a space to explore the parts of your life that don’t always fit neatly into words—creativity, relationships, dreams, identity, embodiment, meaning, and the patterns that live beneath the surface.
Therapy doesn’t have to be about fixing what’s wrong with you.
It can be a space to become more fully yourself.
FOR TEENS
WITH RICH INNER WORLDS
I work well with teenagers who have rich inner worlds and may experience life a little differently than the people around them.
You may be imaginative, emotionally sensitive, curious, intense, creative, or simply someone who thinks and feels deeply. You may be figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you believe, or how you want to move through the world.
Sometimes anxiety, school stress, relationships, family changes, or the pressure to fit in can make all of this feel even harder to navigate.
Therapy can offer a space where you don’t have to have everything figured out. Together, we can explore emotions, anxiety, relationships, identity, creativity, dreams, patterns, and the parts of yourself that are beginning to emerge.
You don’t have to arrive with everything figured out.
You just have to be willing to get curious.
For Children
WHO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD DEEPLY
I work with children using play, creativity, movement, and nervous-system–informed approaches.
This work can be especially supportive for children who are emotionally sensitive, imaginative, creative, or neurodivergent, particularly when they are experiencing anxiety, big emotions, difficulty with regulation, school or social challenges, transitions, or trouble putting what they are feeling into words.
Sometimes a child may seem overwhelmed, withdrawn, frustrated, anxious, or stuck—but not have the language to explain why.
Children don’t always communicate what is happening through conversation. Their stories, drawings, play, movement, and behavior can communicate things that words cannot.
Therapy can give children a safe, supportive space to express themselves, build emotional awareness, develop greater regulation, and make sense of the world around them.
I also work collaboratively with parents when support or guidance outside of the child’s individual sessions is helpful.
Hi, I'm tara
I'm glad you're here.
I believe therapy can be a place where you don’t have to translate yourself into ordinary language.
Sometimes what we’re experiencing lives in an image, a dream, a sensation in the body, a relationship, a story, or a creative impulse we haven’t quite figured out yet.
My work brings together psychotherapy, Drama Therapy, creative expression, somatic approaches, mindfulness, and experiential exploration to help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface—and reconnect with parts of yourself that may have gotten lost along the way.
I’m especially interested in the places where psychology, creativity, embodiment, and meaning intersect.
I don’t believe there is one right way to do therapy.
I believe there is a way of working that is right for you.
education & credentials
Education
New York University — Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Master’s Degree in Drama Therapy, 2010
Thesis: A Healing Process: Therapeutic Theater in an Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment Program
Emerson College
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
Licenses and Professional Credentials
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT)
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions
License No. 001602
Registered Drama Therapist (RDT)
North American Drama Therapy Association
Registration No. 507
Art Therapist — State of Connecticut
Department of Public Health
License No. 107
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT)
Yoga Alliance
The Open Center, New York, NY · Prana Yoga with Jeff Migdow, MD
Advanced Training
Synergetic Play Therapy
Currently completing certification; anticipated certification May 2027
Psychodrama Training
American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP), with Dr. Tian Dayton, NYC
Professional Information
NPI: 1508496878
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
erica
“I began therapy with Tara to work through stumbling blocks in my creative process, sources of stress and anxiety, and obstacles to well-being. With her help, I've developed a clearer understanding of my own thought and behavior patterns, and have achieved greater peace and self-integration. She is imaginative, helpful, flexible, and kind.”
working together
Private Pay Therapy
Individual therapy sessions are 45 minutes and are $250.
Out‑of‑Network Provider
I am currently an out-of-network provider. I can provide a superbill that you may submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
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