About Tara
Tara Jenkins is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings ten years of experience to sessions and aims to make therapy practical and understandable for everyday life. She uses straightforward, talk-based work to help people name what’s happening and try new ways of responding.
Sessions often include looking at patterns in relationships, noticing how thoughts affect mood, and practicing simple mindfulness skills to calm the body and mind.
Background and approach
Tara pays attention to how attachment and past relationships shape current reactions. That includes looking at abandonment, trust, and communication problems so clients can improve how they connect with others. She also supports people facing addictions, grief, caregiver strain, and major life changes.
Her style centers on listening and partnering with each person to set realistic goals. Tara draws on client-centered techniques so people feel heard, and she uses cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thinking when that helps. The Gottman Method and mindfulness practices are used when relationship skills or stress reduction are priorities.
People come with a mix of concerns such as low self-esteem, anger, depression, or difficulties with boundaries and purpose. Tara helps break those issues into manageable steps. The work is steady and practical, focused on small changes that add up over time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. It helps people understand why they react strongly in relationships and practice new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration. The therapist follows each person's pace and priorities to help them feel understood and to build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thinking patterns that drive anxiety and low mood. It uses practical exercises to test thoughts and develop clearer responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tara will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping sessions collaborative and goal-focused.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is useful for longer, in-depth sessions and practicing skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter touchpoints between sessions and flexible check-ins during busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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