About Tara
Tara Coleman is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Tara draws on several evidence-based approaches to fit each person's needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
How Tara works
Mindfulness techniques help with managing intense emotions and staying calm in the moment. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to build motivation and set achievable goals. Her work often centers on life changes, self-esteem, relationships, and career concerns.
She also addresses ADHD, panic attacks, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and sexuality. Tara pays attention to attachment and communication patterns that affect how people connect with others. Clients can expect clear, practical tools and a collaborative approach.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with room to talk through painful experiences and build coping skills. Progress is measured in small, realistic steps. Tara has eight years of clinical experience as an LCSW.
She offers therapy in English and sees people across Florida and beyond. Many people appreciate her straightforward guidance when they need a steady, experienced clinician to help them move forward.
Tara lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Tara works with
The areas below are the ones Tara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and some stress-related problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions, which can help with anxiety, grief, and anger. Motivational Interviewing focuses on strengthening a person's own motivation to change by exploring values and small next steps; it is useful for career shifts, building confidence, and making life changes. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together so progress feels doable and relevant. Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people connect face-to-face when they want that interaction. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a shorter touchpoint helps between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can keep momentum and use techniques in real time.Start online instead of waiting
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