Tawny Estes
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist | AMFT #162057 - she/they
Supervised by Lisa Ianiro, LMFT #146123

Tawny believes therapy works best when you feel truly seen, not as a diagnosis but as a whole person with your own story, passions, and hopes for where life goes next. They love getting to know clients deeply, and they bring both lightness and real depth to the room. Sessions can hold laughter and still get to the heart of what's hard.
Tawny's focus areas are LGBTQIA+ affirming care, grief and loss, and mood disorders. They also work with anxiety, ADHD, trauma (including complex PTSD), and major life transitions. They see individuals, couples, and families.
Tawny's approach is integrative, drawing on humanistic, existential, narrative, attachment-based, and family systems therapy, all delivered in a way that is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally sensitive. In plain terms, they'll help you understand how your story, your relationships, and your experiences fit together, and how to move toward the life you want. Every client's path looks different, and Tawny meets each one with patience and attunement.
- Focus: LGBTQIA+ affirming care, grief and loss, mood disorders, trauma/cPTSD, ADHD
Sees: Individuals, couples, families
Sessions: In person in Thousand Oaks, or via telehealth anywhere in California
Insurance: Aetna, Blue Shield, Carelon, Cigna/Evernorth, Gold Coast, Lyra Health, Magellan, Medi-Cal, Optum
Private pay: $150 individual / $200 couples; sliding scale available
Free 15-minute consultation
Aetna, Blue Shield of CA, Gold Coast Health Plan, Optum, United Healthcare, Cigna, Medi-Cal
