About Tara
Tara Huggler is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She focuses on steady, practical steps people can use every day to feel more capable. Tara writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person she meets.
Her work often centers on improving self-esteem and finding direction at career crossroads. She helps people cope with life changes and the day-to-day demands of ADHD.
Background and approach
She also supports those managing chronic illness, aging transitions, or the strain that comes from caregiving and health concerns. Tara assists people dealing with relationship challenges like codependency, intimacy worries, infidelity, and the navigation of non-monogamous arrangements. She pays attention to family of origin patterns and commitment issues that keep people stuck.
First responder stress and hoarding concerns are also within her practice focus. Sessions emphasize building self-compassion and practical coping tools. Tara works with each person to set realistic goals and practice skills between meetings.
She uses clear feedback and collaborative planning so progress is steady and measurable. Based in California, Tara brings a calm, matter-of-fact style to therapy. She encourages small experiments that can change daily life, whether that means breathing and grounding techniques, structure for work and routines, or strategies for reducing smoking or vaping.
The goal is more manageable days and clearer choices.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many of Tara's methods focus on clear, research-backed techniques that help with anxiety and everyday stress. Cognitive-based strategies involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing alternate, more balanced ways of thinking to reduce worry and reactivity. Skills-based coaching teaches concrete behaviors and routines for managing ADHD, mood, and daily stressors so people can get more done with less overwhelm.She also emphasizes self-compassion practices, which help people respond to setbacks with less harsh self-criticism and more kindness. These practices are useful for building resilience during life changes, career shifts, and chronic health challenges. Together, the approaches are applied collaboratively so the person and therapist choose what fits their goals and pace.
Online sessions give flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, brief coaching between sessions, and ongoing support that fits into work breaks or care routines. These options make it simpler to maintain momentum and practice new skills in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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