Barbara Tantrum MA LMHC CCTP

BARBARA TANTRUM, MA, LMHC, is both trained and experienced in trauma-informed therapy. This includes working with children, adoptive families, adult survivors of trauma and abuse, and marital couples. She is the co-founder of Northwest Trauma Counseling, a Washington State-based private practice specializing in trauma related to adoption and foster care, and author of their PATCH Protocol, a trauma-informed model therapy approach focused specifically on addressing trauma-related issues. A graduate of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology with a Master of Counseling Psychology, she conducts training sessions regularly for groups, including social workers, teachers, adoptive and foster parents, as well as other support groups. In her personal life, Barbara is herself a foster/adoptive mother and sister.