Tami  Ward, LMHC

Tami Ward is the face behind Anchored in Hope Counseling, and is a Rhode Island Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Tami has experience in the mental health field in her personal life for over 20 years.  She has worked respite through the Groden Center to help families of children with special needs take a break and recharge.  Tami has been a Girl Scout leader, helped with Surfer's Healing and Special Olympic events and programs.  She is a member of The Rhode Island Mental Health Counselors Association (RIMHCA), The American Counseling Association and is a national certified counselor, NCC.

She graduated from RIC in 2015  with her BA in Psychology and recently earned her MA.CMHC (Masters in Clinical Mental Health and Counseling) from Southern New Hampshire University, which is not only nationally accredited, but also CECREP accredited. 
This signifies it has the highest standards in teaching future mental health counselors and other mental health fields rigorous training and education to put out the best clinicians possible. Also in college she was Phi Theta Kappa and Psi Beta.  

 

Professionally, Tami worked in a therapeutic school for seven years at The Providence Center School before its closing.  She was a clinician at The Inner You for a year.

Tami has received her license in 2024 and is licensed in Rhode Island as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).