Our diverse team of licensed clinical psychologists is handpicked to match your unique needs.

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Tara Arnold, Dual PhD, is the founder of The Manifesting Mind. She has dual specialties in Clinical and Organizational Psychology and she has 8 years of post-doctorate experience. 

She values authentic human connection in the therapeutic relationship and believes that this, along with self-awareness, active engagement, and commitment to realistic goals, are the cornerstone of therapeutic change. 

Dr. Tara offers services for individuals, couples and families. Her areas of specialization include:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Identity development
• Grief and loss
• Adoption
• Workplace growth, work-life harmony, workplace conflict resolution

•  Dual Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology - San Diego.   
• Bachelor of Arts from UC Irvine majoring in Psychology and Social Behavior with a minor in Spanish. 

• Featured in SD Voyager Magazine, as San Diego's Most Inspiring Stories, October 2025
• Recipient of the 2019 Orange County Psychological Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Award
• First author of: Ethnic socialization, perceived discrimination, and psychological adjustment among transracially adopted and nonadopted ethnic minority adults. By Arnold, Tara,Braje, Sopagna Eap,Kawahara, Debra, Shuman, Tara, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol 86(5), 2016, 540-551

 San Diego Psychological Association

• Cultural Diversity Committee Member

American Psychological Association 

When Tara is not in the office, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, fitness, nature and the beach, reading and arts and crafts. 

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Through Vik's 15 years of management consulting experience to Fortune 1000 clients, he has developed a passion for coaching individuals to achieve happiness at work. This includes consulting with individuals of varying experience levels from entry-level positions to C-Suite Executives. Vik's common areas of focus include career changes, work-life balance, challenging work environments and other unique complexities in Corporate America. 

Vik worked at Deloitte Consulting and PwC for 10 years in their Human Capital (HR) Consulting Practices before starting his own consulting firm. He has focused on the people side of mergers and acquisitions with an emphasis on managing people transitions, employee experience and leadership development.

• MBA, Duke, Fuqua School of Business
• Bachelor of Arts, UC Irvine majoring in Business Economics with a minor in management

In Vik's free time he enjoys bike riding, going to the beach and watching football as an avid 49ers fan.

In addition to your therapy sessions with licensed clinical psychologists, Vik will be available for additional 1:1 sessions at your request and / or your therapist's recommendation to dive deeper into workplace challenges and opportunities.