Tacy Perkins, LPCC, LADAC (NM); LPC, LCDC (TX); NCC (She/Her

...Tacy Perkins has worked as a counselor serving client populations with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders since 2015. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor in New Mexico. She is also a Licensed

Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in Texas. She earned a

Master of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Houston—Downtown in 2010. In

2021, she earned a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Capella

University. Tacy has experience working with justice-involved adult clients with substance use

and co-occurring mental health disorders in residential and outpatient treatment settings. She has provided services such as crisis intervention, assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning,

individual psychotherapy, and group therapy facilitation and curriculum development. She

works with adults ages 18 and older.

Tacy's primary treatment approach is Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. She completed

Level 1 and Level 2 trainings with the IFS Institute and has volunteered to be a program assistant

for the IFS Institute multiple times to support other clinicians in learning the IFS model. She also

participates in ongoing IFS consultation groups and completes several workshops and trainings

each year to continue to grow in the IFS model. She is also in the process of becoming an IFS

Certified Therapist through the IFS Institute. These learning experiences allow Tacy to provide a

non-pathologizing therapeutic space for clients to gain insight around their growing edges and to access resources within themselves to foster their own healing.

Tacy is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and is in the

process of becoming an EMDR Certified Therapist through the EMDR International Association

(EMDRIA). She has completed EMDRIA-approved advanced training in integrating EMDR and

IFS to support clients with PTSD, Complex-PTSD, and many other presenting issues. Tacy's

clinical interests include the impacts of being a neurodivergent person living in neurotypical

spaces; the use of evidence-based and trauma-informed practices for the treatment of trauma and complex/relational trauma; the neurobiology of trauma, substance use disorders, and other

mental health disorders; and the effects of substance use disorders and other types of dysfunction on family systems.

Tacy Perkins provides services in Las Cruces.

• Medicaid
• Magellan Presbyterian
• Molina
• Tricare
• BCBS
• Triwest VA