Our Team
TAMARA L. TENCER, PSY.D.
Owner & Founder
Dr. Tencer is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who is Authorized to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT). With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Tencer and her Team, consider it a privilege to offer meaningful, helpful work to children, adolescents, adults, couples, parents, and families. Through a genuine caregiving, relationship-oriented, positive lens, they provide support to all.
With the Inner Humanism approach, an individual can strengthen their self-confidence, develop their inner strengths, reach their potential, establish healthy relationships, and mourn losses due to grief and life stress. They help individuals adjust to life changes, and heal through a culturally sensitive, socially aware lens.
As a previous Director of Training and Clinical Supervisor, Dr. Tencer has supervised Masters and Doctorate students, while also supervising licensed clinicians. She is passionate about leading Training Seminars on a wide variety of topics; (i.e. adult development, grief and loss, family stresssors, marital and family therapy, Smart Love principles and parenting approach, anxiety disorders and depression, play therapy, crisis assessment and intervention, eating disorders, along with childhood developmental concerns such as challenges with listening, angry outbursts, school and social difficulties, discipline concerns, and sleep management). Dr. Tencer also specializes in parent counseling, and couples therapy to improve communication, conflict-resolution, and intimacy.
JENNA KIERMAS, MS, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Ms. Kiermas is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She received her Master of Science in Clinical Counseling with Highest Honors from Illinois State University. Ms. Kiermas has experience with a wide range of diagnoses, backgrounds, and ages. With substantial experience working with children, adolescents, and adults she continues to help them improve self-esteem, adjust to life transitions, grieve losses, and establish healthy relationships. She has a special interest in helping individuals process past and current traumas, building healthy sustainable relationships, and assisting parents through the Smart Love parenting approach. Ms. Kiermas also works with children through play therapy interventions. She is highly motivated to help all of her clients find their true inner-happiness through the Inner Humanism psychotherapy approach.
She is dedicated to providing a safe and supportive space for clients to feel seen and heard and brings a warm and compassionate style to sessions. Her goal in therapy is to help guide her clients to find acceptance and healing, and to empower her clients to live their best life.
Ms. Kiermas is passionate about meeting clients where they are at, and assisting them in their journey of self-growth and understanding. Helping clients access their emotions, build existing personal strengths, and enhance self-compassion is her top priority.
ALEENA MANGOLD, MS, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Mrs. Mangold is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She received her Master of Science in Clinical Counseling Psychology with Highest Honors from Illinois State University. She provides client-centered, integrative therapy that considers the whole person in a warm and empathetic environment.
Mrs. Mangold works with children, adolescents, adults, and couples, with a special interest in trauma recovery, attachment dynamics, and self-exploration. She is passionate about using the Inner Humanism approach to help clients process past experiences, build healthier relationships, and develop a stronger sense of self. At the heart of Mrs. Mangold’s work is creating a safe, affirming space. She welcomes clients of all identities and backgrounds and views therapy as a collaborative journey toward self-awareness, emotional insight, and lasting change.