Speaking & Training
Educating, Equipping and Empowering through Mental Health and Leadership Conversations
The Mission
“To facilitate the freedom individuals, families, communities and cultures are intended to experience in their mental and emotional wellbeing.”
This freedom becomes possible when people are exposed to truth, language and insight around sensitive topics often carried silently for a lifetime, including intergenerational trauma, emotional patterns, cultural wounds, leadership burnout and family system dynamics.
Through teaching, storytelling, and evidenced-based, trauma-informed education, each presentation creates space for people to understand themselves, break harmful cycles, and step into the emotional alignment and clarity needed for healing and true transformation.
Systems of Care: Integrating Mental Health into Organizations
Practical strategies to embed emotional support within ministries, non-profits, teams, schools and businesses/organizations
Faith& Mental Health
Understanding how faith and emotional wellness intersect and how both must align for true healing.
CORE TOPICS INCLUDE:
Intergenerational Trauma & the Family System
How trauma moves across generations and the practical, emotional, and spiritual tools needed to interrupt the cycle.
Cultural Humility & Connection
Understanding culture, identity and context in the role of mental health and leadership
Trauma-Informed Leadership in the Workplace
Equipping leaders with the insight, awareness, and emotional intelligence needed to create psychologically safe communities
Healing the Helper
Preventing burnout in leaders, pastors, educators, clinicians and high-impact professionals.
Recent Speaking & Training Highlights
Texas Counseling Association (TCA) Conference
Session: How Intergenerational Trauma Impacts Family Systems
A dynamic, research-informed presentation exploring trauma patterns, family dynamics, and culturally responsive intervention strategies.
Serving on Sunday National Radio Show — 105.7 FM (Dallas)
Faith & Mental Health
A nationwide conversation bridging spiritual wellness and emotional healing, offering practical tools for individuals and families.
University Course Lecture – Filial/Family Therapy
Topic: Managing Couples Conflicts in Parent Dynamics
A 90-minute interactive class for counseling students integrating experiential learning and case application.
Graduate Guest Lecture – Couples Counseling
Topic: Integrating EFT & Relational-Cultural Therapy with Multicultural Couples
A training focused on cultural responsiveness, assessment, and intervention planning.
Speaking Inquiry
If you’re interested in having Taran speak or train at an event, please submit the form below and you will be contacted within 48-72 business hours.
