About Tara
Tara Ashley is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience in Montana. She uses a compassionate, down-to-earth style to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her work covers relationship concerns and intimacy-related issues, along with parenting challenges and compassion fatigue.
She also supports people dealing with grief, sleep trouble, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes such as divorce and separation.
How Tara works
Tara draws on a mix of practical approaches to meet each person where they are. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered methods, and the Gottman Method into sessions as appropriate. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday skills.
She helps people spot patterns, try new behaviors, and build routines for better mood and coping. Conversations are straightforward and geared toward real-life change rather than jargon. Her background includes many years supporting women through pregnancy, childbirth, career transitions, and related life shifts.
Clients can expect a collaborative relationship that emphasizes respect, choice, and steady progress toward personal goals.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, even when hard thoughts or feelings are present. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and meaning-seeking work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, teaching practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and improve mood and functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with change. The Gottman Method provides structured tools for understanding relationship patterns and improving communication, which can help with intimacy-related issues and rebuilding trust.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Tara will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than relying on a single technique.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and exercises, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging allow shorter check-ins or support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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