Taunya Tinsley

Dr. Taunya Marie Tinsley is the Owner of Transitions Counseling Service LLC and Life Skills Program that includes a ministry division,  Love & Basketball Ministries, and Life Coaching Services, where she  provides individual, marriage, family, and group counseling, coaching,  and consultative services. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) (PA & NJ), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (OH), and National Certified Counselor (NCC). Additionally, Dr. Tinsley is a consultant and facilitator with the New Paradigm Ministries Leadership Training and is the Clinical Director of the Mount Ararat Baptist Church Counseling Center in Pittsburgh, PA.  She has a wealth of experience providing appropriate personal and academic growth opportunities for those seeking to become professional master’s degree-level counselors as well as for those helping professionals seeking advanced or specialty areas of training and development in multicultural and social justice issues, spiritual and Christian interventions, and sports counseling/athlete development. Dr. Tinsley accepted the call to ministry in 2011 and was ordained in 2022. Dr. Tinsley holds a DMin from United Theological Seminary, a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, an MA in Higher Education Administration and College Student Development from the University of Iowa, and a BA in Business Administration from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.