"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
~ Carl Jung
I believe therapy helps us experience deeper levels of growth and in the process experience more joy, contentment and closeness with others.
We shift into feeling and being more securely attached.
The struggles, stress and suffering you're going through can be transformed through the catharsis of therapy.
There are many of us on this path of healing, growing, and telling our truth.
Come join me. – Tyra
“Yikes!” is the sentiment that many people feel when they call me. People are in desperation, because they are going to call it quits if something doesn’t drastically change in their relationship. These are the people I am drawn to work with because of the desperate place they are in, and I know how it feels.
Children do not always have the words to explain overwhelming emotions, stress, grief, or family transitions — but they often communicate through play, behavior, and connection. My practice integrates Child-Centered Play Therapy, an evidence-based, attachment-focused approach that helps children safely express emotions, build regulation, and strengthen trust through developmentally appropriate therapeutic play. I provide a warm, trauma-informed environment where children feel emotionally seen, supported, and empowered to heal at their own pace.
Sometimes in order to get past defense mechanisms that keep one feeling stuck in problematic cycles, identifying the protective parts of the psyche can help. Accessing one's inner world this way can promote increased self-awareness and inner harmony by addressing the present in its complexity.
This also fosters an increased ability to go further in a group therapy dynamic, as one's attunement to their inner world allows for more insight and the ability to speak to one's triggering points versus acting out on them viscerally. That leads to enhanced attachment security.
You may be in a place where your relationship and/or family situation is causing you stress and a feeling of being stuck. You may have identified what the struggle is about and yet still feel unable to change it. You may feel frustrated, indifferent at times and lost as to what to do. You may even feel ready to give up at times.
That's where couples and individual therapy can be integrated into your life, to make the significant difference you've been longing for. You can invite me into me the struggles in your relationship, and allow me to help guide you into emotional healing and relationship repair. People I work with say that their relationship is better than it had been, and that it saved them from getting divorced.
Understanding how we operate in relationships and our world, in other words, our attachment style(s), helps us see ourselves as we are, and what our growth trajectory is. Attachment science is evidence-based and affirms the effectiveness of therapy given that it contributes to moving from insecure attachment styles to more securely attached states, otherwise known as earning security. This is accomplished through increased emotional regulation, healing from past trauma, therefore developing a better sense of self worth, and ability to navigate relationships and choices more effectively.
I went to Hope International University in Orange, Ca., and earned a Master's of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. That taught me family systems theory and family therapy approaches.
During my early years as an intern, I trained at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute in psychodynamic psychotherapy, and also studied attachment science.
I then started using EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy with individuals and couples, combined with the psychodynamic approach. Soon after that, I studied mindfulness and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
As a therapist for individuals, couples, families and groups, I am a comforting person who not only listens, but also provides mirroring, validation and a holding environment for one's feelings and pain.
I support clients through affirming and celebrating who they are while also guiding them, with empathy and care, to look at aspects of themselves that may contribute to pain or challenges. This approach enables clients to acknowledge and process grief and suppressed emotions that frequently stem from specific types of trauma.
Therapy can bring up difficult emotions as you shift out of ways of being that you've been familiar with for a long time into healthier ways that are in line with your true self.
I am a compassionate companion with deep empathy for fellow travelers on this journey of ever-increasing growth and healing.
I love how the therapeutic relatiohship fosters the formation of a new, 'good enough' attachment that fosters attachment security in a unique way giving individuals and couples a secure base with me as they work toward becoming their true selves and therefore living in adaptive ways and less maladaptive ways.
I'm Tyra Butler, LMFT, Coach, Clinician and Educator.
"Therapy has been life-changing for me. I've gained invaluable insights and tools to navigate my emotions and heal from past traumas. I highly recommend joining with her in your journey."
Benjamin Wood
"Tyra provided a safe and nurturing space for me to explore the life experiences I've been through. Her compassionate approach and expertise in inner child healing have helped me find peace and self-acceptance."
Emma Thompson
"I am incredibly grateful for the support and guidance I received from Tyra. As a therapist, she is knowledgeable, empathetic, and dedicated to coming alongside and being a caring, compassionate guide."
Oliver Hartman
