About Tara
Tara Brisnehan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona with six years of practice. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. Tara aims to give straightforward tools and practical steps people can use right away.
She approaches therapy with a down-to-earth style. Sessions often focus on building skills for day-to-day problems. Tara uses clear techniques to reduce overwhelm and improve coping.
Background and approach
She emphasizes small, achievable changes that add up over time. Tara’s background includes a bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University and a master’s degree from Argosy University in Phoenix, Arizona. Growing up in a military family gave her experience adapting to change and understanding different family dynamics.
In sessions she blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused methods. That means conversations start with what matters to the person, then move toward practical steps and thought patterns to shift. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help manage stress and attention.
People come to Tara for many concerns including relationship strain, parenting stress, caregiving burnout, codependency, and career challenges. She also supports those facing ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, intimacy issues, and adjustment after separation or loss. Her goal is to help people find clearer direction and more manageable days.
Approaches that work well online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and values. The therapist listens closely and helps guide conversations so the client feels heard and understood. This approach helps when you want therapy that follows your priorities rather than a fixed agenda.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, actions, and feelings connect. It uses simple exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by offering concrete tools to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It teaches techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication. These skills suit people coping with overwhelming feelings or repeated patterns that cause conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy lets people access these approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are close to an in-person session and allow visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer no camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or when scheduling needs flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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