About Us

Since day one, our goal has been simple: make everyday tasks easier for families.

At Tatum Child and Family Counseling, we believe that when children feel understood and families feel supported, meaningful growth can happen. Through compassionate care, play, and connection, we help children build confidence, navigate emotions, and strengthen the relationships that matter most.

Common challenges faced

Social & separation anxiety

Confidence building

Meltdown/tantrum support

Frustration tolerance & flexibility

Neurodivergence, children on the spectrum, & ADHD

Creating consistent routines

Social skills and social situations

Emotional regulation and coping

Adjusting/Transitioning to new schools, siblings, and small changes

Major life changes

Age appropriate chore charts

Difficulty at school

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Our view on therapy

There is no “one-size-fits-all” child.

We believe children come into the world with their own personalities, strengths, challenges, and ways of communicating.

Our job isn't to make every child fit the same mold. It's to understand the child in front of us—and help the adults around them understand them, too

  • We look at the whole picture. Your child doesn't exist in isolation. Family, school, relationships, routines, and transitions all matter.

  • We focus on skills you can actually use. Therapy shouldn't stay inside the therapy room.

  • We believe in consistency.

  • We believe in modeling over direction.

  • We believe children feel more comfortable with knowing the expected boundaries.

  • We believe children build confidence with independence and through small meaningful steps.

  • We believe children will surprise us— constantly.

Meet Athena

I'm Athena. I'm a social worker, a therapist, a wife, and a mom of three. I am someone who has spent my career working with children and families through some really hard seasons.

I've worked in child protection, domestic violence services, behavioral health, transitional housing, and private practice. I’ve worked with kids who have experienced trauma, loss, and abuse, and those with behavioral, school, and social issues.

Those experiences taught me something I come back to again and again: there is no single right way to parent a child, and there is no single right way to help one.

Sometimes a child needs a place to play and be understood. Sometimes a parent needs someone to say, "Okay. Here's what we're going to try next."

Often, families need both.

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