ABOUT
TARAH
With 25 years of experience in counselling and social work, Tarah Harrison Garzon provides compassionate, supportive counselling for individuals and families navigating grief, various forms of loss and change, bereavement, life transitions and personal challenges. Her approach is trauma-informed and grounded in the belief that healing is personal, holistic, and possible with the right support. Through Support With Healing, Tarah offers a safe space to feel heard, understood, and supported along your unique journey
Support With Healing is a counselling practice owned and operated by Tarah Harrison Garzon. Tarah holds a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (2002) and a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from York University (2005). She holds the Certifications of Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist (CAGCS) and Child and Adolescent Grief Counselling Specialist (CGCS-CA). She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
She is trained in various treatment modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Somatic Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She works from a trauma-informed, internal family systems and existential therapy lens.
One aspect of her work dear to her heart is that of palliative care, grief, loss and bereavement work. Through counselling and support, she’s walked with individuals, children and their families through their anticipatory grief and along their loss journey. Tarah has provided Support With Healing – healing emotionally, socially, psychologically, relationally and spiritually. She has also worked extensively in the area of caregiver burnout and has been witness to the often-unspoken toll, this can take on caregivers and families – this form of disenfranchised grief is very real and can become debilitating.