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Tavi Hawn
MSW, LCSW, LCSW-C
Liberatory, affirming therapy for trauma, shame, identity, relationships, and the things you thought you'd already worked through.
🟠 Limited Availability
Adolescents/Teens | Adults | Children
Individual Therapy
Tavi Hawn, MSW, LCSW, LCSW-C, is an experienced trauma therapist and Clinical Lead in Durham, NC. They support clients navigating complex trauma, shame, identity, strained relationships, narcissistic abuse, and long-term healing through affirming, liberatory, trauma-informed therapy.
Meet with Tavi
Free 15-minute phone consultation · Eastern Time
In-person in Durham NC – Chapel Hill Rd
Statewide telehealth in Maryland, North Carolina
$200 per session
Limited sliding scale fees available
Therapy for the Things That Keep Coming Back
Maybe you’re thinking, “I thought I’d already worked through this. Why is it showing up again?” You may have done years of reflection, therapy, survival, or healing work and still find old pain surfacing when life shifts, relationships change, or the world becomes too much.
Tavi works with people navigating trauma, shame, identity, strained relationships, narcissistic abuse, and the deeper patterns that don’t always disappear just because you understand where they came from. Their work is especially grounded in supporting people whose identities, relationships, cultures, or experiences have not always been fully understood or respected in traditional therapy spaces.
Healing with Tavi isn’t about erasing your history or forcing yourself to “move on.” It’s about becoming more rooted in yourself, reconnecting with your body and relationships, and making room for greater connection, love, and contentment in a life that can be both beautiful and hard.
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My Approach to Therapy
Tavi’s approach is trauma-informed, liberatory, affirming, relational, and deeply rooted in the belief that healing does not happen separately from identity, culture, community, history, or the systems people live within.
Depending on what you need, Tavi draws from EMDR, Attachment-Based Therapy, Parts Work, Narrative Therapy, and other trauma-informed approaches. Their work may also incorporate connection with the body, nature, ancestral wisdom, humor, and the relationships that help people feel grounded in who they are.
Tavi brings particular experience working across diverse cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and relationship structures. You don’t have to separate the “acceptable” parts of yourself from the rest before entering therapy.
Many of Tavi’s clients have worked with them over long periods of time, using therapy both for deeper trauma recovery and as trusted support through ongoing changes in relationships, identity, family, work, and life. The work can hold serious pain while still making room for humor, resistance, connection, and joy.
"I thought I'd already worked through this, but it keeps coming back. I'm tired of carrying the same pain, shame, or relationship patterns and wondering why I still can't seem to get free of them."
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A Little About Tavi
Tavi has worked in mental health and healing justice for 18 years. They hold a Master of Social Work and a Master of Theological Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle and have built a career at the intersection of trauma recovery, identity, culture, gender, community, and liberation.
Their professional work has included serving as faculty for Indian Country Trans ECHO, serving on the Advisory Board for the Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition, and consulting for Alight Alchemy. Tavi is also an international speaker, consultant, author, and co-founder of QORDS, a nonprofit summer camp for queer and trans youth and youth from LGBTQ+ families.
Tavi is nonbinary and multiracial and uses they/them pronouns. Outside of work, they enjoy dancing, walking in the woods, traveling, playing drums, spending time with their child and elders, reading, music, good food, and remembering their spirit dog, Scully.
For Tavi, this work is both professional and deeply connected to a lifelong commitment to creating spaces where people can bring their whole selves and be treated with dignity.
My Expertise
Education
- Master of Social Work (MSW), 2007: University of Washington School of Social Work
Professional Credentials & Training
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), North Carolina License #C006592: North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board
- Licensed Certified Social Worker–Clinical (LCSW-C), Maryland License #23262: Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
- EMDR-trained clinician: EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
Articles by Tavi
When More Than One Thing Can Be True
Postpartum depression, psychosis and narcissistic abuse can overlap, and isolation makes each harder. A therapist explains why more than one thing can be true.
