Tanya Alkhaliq, M.S., LMFTA

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Education

Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy, Capella University

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Specialties
Culturally Responsive Therapy, Trauma-Informed Care, BIPOC Communities, LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy, Intergenerational Healing, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS-Informed), Structural Therapy, African-Centered Healing, Spiritual & Religious Identity

About Tanya

Tanya Alkhaliq is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate at Olive Tree, bringing a clinical practice that sits at the intersection of mental health, cultural identity, theology, and intergenerational healing. She holds a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and passed the National Marriage and Family Therapy Exam on her first attempt.

Her work centers on culturally responsive, trauma-informed therapy for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and spiritually diverse populations. She draws from Narrative, Experiential, IFS-informed, Collaborative, Structural, and African-centered healing traditions, with a focus on helping clients reclaim their voice, restore connection, and find balance on their own terms.

Her Broader Work

Tanya is the President and Founder of Inner Healing Therapeutic Services, a nonprofit dedicated to serving Black and historically marginalized communities through therapeutic, spiritual, and educational programming. The organization works at the intersections of Blackness, religion, spirituality, sexuality, and mental health, working to dismantle stigma and expand access to culturally grounded pathways for healing.

She also serves as President and Professor at Lighthouse Theological Institute and Seminary, where she teaches courses in liberation theology, African-centered pastoral care, and community leadership.

As an author, her third book, Reimagining Women in the Bible, is a womanist reexamination of biblical narratives written for 21st-century Black women reclaiming spiritual power and leadership. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in African American Studies at Emory University, with research focused on how ritual, memory, and spiritual cosmologies across the African Diaspora can inform therapeutic practice.

Her Mission

Tanya's work is rooted in the belief that healing is not one-size-fits-all. For clients who have felt unseen, misunderstood, or underserved by traditional mental health systems, she offers a space that is affirming, culturally grounded, and built around who they actually are.