Who We Are

About Tawna Waters

Well hello! I’m the human behind Waters Counseling. This all started with my own struggle to find balance. Through my teens and young adulthood I became adept at ignoring my body and emotions at the peril of my mental/emotional/spiritual wellbeing. Talk therapy had its place, I needed strategies and someone to challenge my distorted thinking. However, the deepest change happened while I was in the yoga studio breathing through Navasana, on a long walk outside, or improvising in the dance studio. 

I was a high school dance teacher and community yoga teacher at the time. Interestingly, I was witnessing my students’ own healing

processes in my classes: the “problematic” student becoming a meditation mentor, students expressing feelings around world events through dance, the studio becoming a place for community, emotional safety, and sometimes grieving-facilitated through quiet, music, or movement.

I decided to pursue a Master’s in Mental Health Therapy with an emphasis in Dance/Movement therapy. One internship was working at an expressive arts residential facility for teens in foster care. Another internship was at a substance abuse rehab. I graduated and took my first job at Primary Children’s Hospital, where I worked with teens impacted by cancer or neurotrauma in finding joy and embodiment again. My niche was discovered working at Center for Change, and Eating Disorder Recovery Center. 

I bring my whole self to my practice- the stumbles, the learning, the experiences, the teacher, the mom, the artist, the clinician, and especially, the fellow human.

In my freetime, you can find me wrestling a toddler, on my yoga mat, or enjoying the trails or farmer’s markets of Ogden.