At my heart center, I believe in the power of therapy to transform lives which to me means being able to increasingly shift from surviving life to thriving in life--come what may.

With years 16 years of experience practicing as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I have honed my skills in guiding clients through the personal growth journey, and continue to do so.

I've learned that life is about relationships, and that healing and recovering from past traumas is a process that involves healing what we've come to believe about ourselves. 

By having a supportive, like-minded group of people, otherwise known as community, it puts us in a position to get "good enough" compassion and "good enough" connection with others. When we get sustained reparative relationships with a group of people, it literally heals, and therefore, changes the wiring of our brain, and allows us to shift into more attachment security.

During my years in practice, I was trained in EMDR, mindfulness, attachment science and Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples and families. I also  learned Internal Family Systems, and went through the psychoanalytic program in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute in Tustin, Ca.

Cumulatively, all this helps me understand people on a deeper level relationally and psychologically, blending my knowledge, experience and intuition with compassion.

As an intern in private practice in Newport Beach, Ca., I learned how to run a practice and delved into issues like developmental trauma, family dynamics and relationship issues. Once licensed I moved my practice to Corona, Ca., nestled in the Inland Empire and right near Orange County, where I grew up. 

While doing more post-graduate education on attachment and trauma, I found Patrick Teahan, LICSW, who educates on those topics, and I've since trained with Amanda Curtin, LICSW, who developed the Relational Recovery Process (RRP) model of group therapy, which focuses on specific types of trauma. 

With love,

Tyra

tyrabutlermft@gmail.com