Transform Your Life Today
Empowering therapy & coaching to help you achieve your goals
About Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services
Our Mission
At Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services, we are committed to offering compassionate, culturally sensitive counseling and coaching for individuals, couples, and families navigating mental health challenges. Our mission is to empower clients to discover and harness their strengths, achieve meaningful personal and professional goals, and foster lasting improvements in overall quality of life. With hope as our foundation, we support each client in building resilience, finding clarity, and creating pathways to a fulfilling future.
Guiding Principles
Our team of experienced counselors and coaches at Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services employs a range of evidence-based techniques, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices, to support clients in overcoming negative thought patterns and behaviors. We believe in a holistic approach to mental health, addressing both mind and body, and tailoring our methods to meet the unique needs of each individual. With a foundation rooted in empathy and cultural sensitivity, we empower clients to create meaningful, lasting changes that enhance their well-being and life satisfaction.
Our Team
Our team is composed of licensed therapists, therapists working toward licensure, and highly trained master’s-level life coaches. Together, we bring expertise in a range of areas, including depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. We are dedicated to providing personalized, client-centered care and remain committed to ongoing professional development to ensure we integrate the latest research and effective techniques into our practice.
Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services
Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services
At Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services, we are dedicated to helping individuals achieve greater happiness and fulfillment in their lives. Our experienced life coaches leverages a blend of motivational interviewing, Family Systems Theory, Psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to empower you in organizing and strategizing towards your personal and professional goals. Whether you're seeking guidance in your career, relationships, or overall life direction, we are here to provide the support and tools you need to succeed.
About Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
At Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services, our team of Therapists and Coaches have years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges. We specialize in a wide range of areas—including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues—with a focus on supporting BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients in healin
At Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services, our team of Therapists and Coaches have years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges. We specialize in a wide range of areas—including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues—with a focus on supporting BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients in healing from the unique impacts of systemic and intergenerational trauma.
Our Services
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
We offer a variety of evidence-based counseling services, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Our services also include specialized support for neurodivergent individuals, as well as affirming care for LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families. In
We offer a variety of evidence-based counseling services, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Our services also include specialized support for neurodivergent individuals, as well as affirming care for LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families. In addition, we provide culturally responsive therapy that centers the lived experiences of BIPOC clients navigating trauma, identity, and systemic stressors.
Our Approach
Our Expertise
Our Approach
Our approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, compassion, and cultural humility. We strive to create a safe, supportive, and identity-affirming environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered. Whether navigating trauma, life transitions, or relationship challenges, we walk alongside our clients as they explore their inner world
Our approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, compassion, and cultural humility. We strive to create a safe, supportive, and identity-affirming environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered. Whether navigating trauma, life transitions, or relationship challenges, we walk alongside our clients as they explore their inner world and develop the skills and tools they need to heal, grow, and thrive.
About Tikvah Counseling and Coaching Services
Working with families
At Tikvah Counseling & Coaching Services, we believe that families are living, evolving systems—each with their own rhythms, stories, and strengths. Our work with families is grounded in deep listening, cultural humility, and a commitment to helping each member feel seen and heard. Whether navigating conflict, transition, or healing from generational patterns, we support families in building communication, trust, and resilience. Together, we uncover what's working, identify what’s not, and co-create strategies that honor the family’s values while fostering growth and connection.
Working with Couples
Our team of experienced counselors and coaches support couples in navigating the complexities of partnership with compassion, curiosity, and clarity. Whether you’re deepening your connection, working through conflict, or healing from rupture, we create a space where both partners feel safe to speak their truths and explore patterns that may be keeping you stuck. We focus on building mutual understanding, improving communication, and strengthening emotional and physical intimacy. Our approach honors each partner’s individual experience while guiding the relationship toward greater alignment, trust, and fulfillment.
Working with LGBTQIA+ Community
Our team is deeply committed to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community in all its richness and diversity. We work with individuals, couples, and families—including those in non-monogamous relationships and those exploring gender, identity, or new ways of being together—with compassion, curiosity, and clarity. Our space is intentionally affirming and rooted in cultural humility, where clients can show up fully without fear of judgment or the need to explain who they are. Whether you're navigating coming out, identity exploration, transition, partnership challenges, or family dynamics, we hold space for your truth and honor your resilience. We believe that healing and growth happen when you feel safe, seen, and empowered to live authentically.
Unlock Your Potential with Tikvah Counseling & Coaching
Talia H. Gonsalves MA, MFT | Head Coach, Therapist, and Owner
My Ideology
I believe you are the best expert on your life. Society often conditions us to place our power in the hands of doctors, therapists, coaches, nurses, midwives, and other experts, expecting them to fix our problems. I challenge this belief system, both in therapy and coaching. Recognizing that you are the best expert on your life, my role is not to change who you are at your core but to help you uncover habits that no longer serve you, enabling you to truly live your best life.
Together, we will collaborate to create action plans centered on your objectives. This approach allows us to develop interventions tailored to your unique talents and characteristics, empowering you to build lifelong skills that will help you navigate future challenges and achieve your aspirations. My philosophy emphasizes a holistic approach, focusing on the whole person, and is grounded in establishing trust through deep, non-judgmental listening, authentic sharing, and direct feedback.
Individual Therapy & Coaching
We work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, stress, low self-worth, and burnout. Whether you’re dealing with long-standing patterns or facing new challenges, we help you gain clarity, build coping tools, and reconnect with your sense of self. Many of our clients are also working through identity-related concerns, such as navigating the impacts of racial trauma, intergenerational pain, or marginalization related to gender, sexuality, or disability. This work is collaborative, trauma-informed, and tailored to your lived experience.
Couples & Relationship Work
We support couples and intimate partnerships through a wide range of challenges, including communication breakdowns, infidelity, intimacy concerns, and the stress of major life changes. We also work with non-monogamous relationships and LGBTQIA+ couples navigating unique relational dynamics. Whether you’re trying to repair after a rupture or deepen an already strong bond, we help partners develop greater understanding, trust, and connection.
Life Coaching
Our life coaching services can help you achieve your personal and professional goals. Our experienced coaches provide guidance, support, and motivation to help you identify your strengths, overcome obstacles, and achieve success in all areas of your life.
Family Therapy & Conflict Resolution
Families are living systems, and sometimes those systems hit roadblocks. We help families navigate conflict, estrangement, mental health concerns within the family, and changes like divorce, grief, or caregiving transitions. Our goal is to help family members better understand each other, rebuild trust, and create healthier ways of relating—especially when cultural values, identity differences, or generational wounds are involved.
Support for Life Transitions
Change—even positive change—can be overwhelming. We work with clients adjusting to divorce, the loss of a loved one, career shifts, becoming a parent, aging, or reentering the world after a difficult season. Our space is one where grief, growth, and uncertainty are all welcome. You don’t have to navigate these transitions alone.
Specialized Support for OCD & Disordered Eating
We offer support for clients living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, disordered eating, and related challenges. These concerns are approached with sensitivity and evidence-informed care, whether you're newly diagnosed or seeking long-term support. We work to dismantle shame and build sustainable tools for managing distress in a way that aligns with your values and sense of agency.forward, guiding them through practical strategies to enhance their lives, overcome obstacles, and maximize their potential. Coaching is not a replacement for therapy, but it can be an empowering tool to help you create meaningful change and thrive.
Coaching vs Therapy
While both coaching and therapy offer valuable support, they serve different purposes. Therapy focuses on healing past traumas, diagnosing mental health conditions, and addressing emotional issues that require clinical intervention. Coaching, on the other hand, is forward-focused, aimed at helping you set and achieve specific personal or professional goals. As a life coach, our coaches work with clients who are ready to move forward, guiding them through practical strategies to enhance their lives, overcome obstacles, and maximize their potential. Coaching is not a replacement for therapy, but it can be an empowering tool to help you create meaningful change and thrive.
Meaning of Tikvah
Tikvah, meaning "hope" in Hebrew, represents the core philosophy of our coaching approach. We believe that hope is a guiding force that can help you navigate even the darkest moments in life. At Tikvah, our method focuses on empowering you to harness the concept of hope as a tool to face challenges, overcome obstacles, and work towards achieving your goals. We look forward to supporting you on your journey, providing the encouragement and strategies needed to move forward with optimism and resilience.