Tonika “Toni” Archer is a Marriage and Family Therapist and social scientist with over a decade of experience providing outpatient mental health services in private practice. She earned her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Argosy University and has worked across diverse professional settings, including healthcare, higher education, funeral service, and community mental health.

 

Toni works with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, identity-related stress, and major life transitions. She provides affirming, sex-positive care and has extensive experience supporting members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, including clients in consensually non-monogamous and nontraditional relationship structures.

 

Her therapeutic approach is strategically structured and emotionally focused, grounded in systems theory, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based interventions. Toni collaborates with clients to identify patterns that impact emotional and relational well-being, strengthen communication, and develop practical coping strategies that support meaningful and sustainable change.

 

Clients often experience Toni’s style as engaged, grounded, and supportive, with sessions that balance structure and flexibility. She emphasizes clear goals while remaining responsive to each client’s lived experience, values, and cultural context.

 

Toni’s varied academic and professional background provides a strong foundation for understanding human behavior within clinical, relational, and cultural frameworks. She is committed to ethical practice, culturally responsive care, and creating a safe, respectful space where clients can explore challenges, build insight, and move toward healthier relationships—with others and with themselves.

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