Tara holds an MA in Education and has post-graduate qualifications in gestalt therapy, body awareness therapy
and transpersonal therapy (spiritual therapy). She has worked as a drugs counsellor, counsellor for adolescents and general psychotherapist combining Buddhist wisdom with psychotherapy since 1988.

Tara has been a dedicated Buddhist practitioner since 1986. In 1997, she received encouragement from her Buddhist teacher Rigdzin Shikpo to teach meditation. In 2002, her Buddhist teacher the Venerable Garchen Rinpoche also encouraged her to teach.

In addition to her psychotherapeutic and Buddhist qualifications, Tara has worked for decades with naturopathy, nutrition, yoga and Daoist energy work. In 2024 she qualified as a qigong instructor.

Since 2010, Tara has specialised in helping people suffering from kundalini syndrome (also called spiritual crisis). She herself had her first kundalini awakening at the age of seventeen. Tara has successfully worked with over 2000 clients suffering from spiritual crisis in many thousands of sessions.