About Tara
Tara Wagner is a licensed clinical social worker in Indiana with 12 years of experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, mood concerns, and anxiety. She works with adults who are trying to regain balance after difficult events or persistent stress. Tara emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a straightforward approach in sessions.
Tara has practiced in inpatient and outpatient settings, medication-assisted treatment programs, and academic environments. That mix of experience means she is familiar with addiction treatment, co-occurring mental health conditions, and longer-term trauma reactions.
Background and approach
She has helped people facing depression, bipolar disorder, personality-related challenges, and anxiety-related concerns. Her style is practical and person-focused. She tailors conversation and plans to each person's needs rather than using a single formula.
Clients can expect a mix of listening, problem-solving, and skill practice based on what they want to change. Tara draws from several well-known approaches including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused work. She uses those methods to address motivation, coping skills, communication, and relationship patterns that matter day to day.
Many people come for help with substance use, managing strong emotions, grief, intimacy issues, or parenting stresses. Tara invites people to take the first step and will work with them to set clear goals and practical next steps.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting conversation so clients feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs acceptance and a collaborative space to sort things out. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches specific skills people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety or manage mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and is done together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find techniques that fit a person's daily life and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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