Tristan McBain, PhD, LPC, LMFT, NCC

Tristan McBain is an outpatient behavioral health therapist at a community mental health agency in Jackson County, Michigan. Dr. McBain provides counseling to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples to address problems such as mood disorders, life transitions, grief and loss, infertility and miscarriage, and trauma. Dr. McBain has previously conducted group therapy with children, college students, and individuals struggling with substance use disorder, and also has experience in college counseling and private practice.

Dr. McBain received her PhD in Counselor Education in 2019 and is currently working on a certificate in sex therapy and sexuality education. She plans to return to a university setting as a faculty member to conduct research and teach graduate-level counseling courses. Dr. McBain’s research thus far has focused on the grief experiences associated with infertility and miscarriage. Other areas of interest include: intimacy and sexuality in couple relationships, sex therapy interventions and techniques, sexual health policy, ethical non-monogamy and polyamory, and counselor and student comfortability and knowledge of addressing client sexual issues. She is also interested in research mentoring and gatekeeping in counselor education programs.