Tara Link is a clinical psychotherapist, LCSW, CADC, sound healer and certified meditation teacher located in the Chicagoland area with over fifteen years of experience in a variety of healthcare settings. Her approach to healing is holistic and integrative, combining evidence-based interventions with transpersonal psychology and alternative healing modalities. She is passionate about using sound, breath, energy healing, and mindfulness as tools to restore balance and invoke inner wisdom. Tara completed her Master of Social Work with specialization in mental health from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has dedicated her career to the treatment of addiction and mental health, working with children, adolescents, adult men and women, and families for the past 14 years. Tara began her career at the Department of Corrections, treating adult women in the co-occurring disorder treatment program. Throughout her career she has worked in various settings within the therapeutic community including inpatient behavioral health treatment, intensive outpatient programs, private practice, and assisting in the development of mental health programs internationally.Tara is a lover and seeker of many paths and enjoys blending Eastern and Western traditions. Devoted to service and spiritual wisdom, her travels have taken her to Ethiopia, where she developed a counseling program at a children’s center, to studying traditional Vedic meditation and pranayama in the Himalayas of India. It is Tara’s belief that each heart matters and that we all have the right to reach our potential. The peace every individual develops ripples outward touching all of those around them, thus building a safer and more harmonious world we all deserve to live in.