Zoe Tarrant

Zoe Tarrant is a compassionate and “tireless on behalf of her clients,” results-oriented psychotherapist. Zoe’s strength is in helping her clients identify and draw upon the strengths and solutions they have within them and empowering each client to overcome his or her unique life challenges, navigate transitions, and enjoy life more.

A motivational, family-systems-trained therapist, one of Zoe’s favorite quotes is “it is never too late to be what you might have been.” Zoe believes change is possible, that who we are in relationships is not fixed, and that implementing small steps toward change is both do-able and rewarding and, in the end, what life is all about. Change is hard, but feeling stuck is harder—and far more draining.

Zoe’s passion for therapy is grounded in a steadfast belief that problems and worry held in isolation grow, whereas voicing them aloud in a safe place and working together with a compassionate and skilled therapist can help reduce them to a manageable size. Sometimes just naming and reframing an issue in one session can change so much. While it’s common to wait before coming in, one doesn’t have to wait until problems mount! Therapy can be a boost of support to get through increasingly complex and hurried lives. Zoe feels that isolation compounds worry, and that presenting an image of perfection both online and in the community can take its toll on individuals and families alike. Connectedness is the antidote and can lift you up.

Zoe is currently working with adults, children, seniors, and families on issues including: life transitions, feelings of isolation, school stress, stuck relationship patterns, family dynamics, parenting, career re-entry, caregiver support needs, aging in place, and grief and loss. She has specialized experience in pregnancy loss, infertility and adoption (please see Infertility and Adoption page under “What We Offer”). Zoe completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and earned her MA in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University.

Zoe grew up in New Jersey and came to Westport by way of San Francisco in 1997. She and her husband have two sons and when not supporting clients at Family Therapy Associates, Zoe can be found reading, walking her two dogs, suffering through local 5ks, and teaching herself piano off of YouTube. Her two pet peeves are uncomfortable shoes and over-zealous horn honkers.