Dr. Tara Pir, PhD
CEO & Director

Dr. Pir is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Education Services, Inc. (IMCES), an outpatient community clinic. Under her leadership, IMCES has achieved many outstanding accomplishments; it has earned DPI/NGO status; Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); and APA accreditation for its Doctoral Intern program. As a private, non-profit organization, IMCES developed many successful programs, which have been awarded by Federal, State, and local governments in a private/public model of operation. Dr. Pir is an immigrant woman from a multicultural family. She is a Chief Psychologist and Diplomat in behavioral medicine and professional psychotherapy, with nearly three decades of experience in clinical practice, clinical training and supervision, mentorship, graduate level teaching, research, consultation, international speaking, human rights advocacy, and community service. Amongst her numerous accomplishments, she was appointed and elected to many leadership positions on a local and international level. Dr. Pir is Past President of the Inter-National Council of Psychologists (ICP), a longstanding international organization. Dr. Pir's commitment to promoting social justice and human rights is demonstrated by her developing and implementing two major parallel high standard services to the community: provision of clinical service for our underserved culturally diverse populations and development of a workforce development/clinical training program for mental health professionals. The aim is to provide highly effective, culturally responsive services to the most underserved populations in our community by professionals who are trained at the highest standard of practice.