About Tara
Tara Jenkins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, and low self-esteem. Her work centers on clear goals and steady steps that feel manageable day to day.
Tara focuses on relationship issues, parenting strains, grief, anger, and major life changes. She also addresses compassion fatigue, mood struggles, and problems with impulse control. Additional areas she helps with include body image, abandonment and attachment concerns, communication problems, and multicultural stressors.
How Tara works
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions emphasize listening first, then breaking problems into small, workable changes. Clients can expect tools to manage emotions, improve communication, and rebuild routines that support recovery and stability.
Over a decade of practice has given her experience with substance use and behavioral addictions and with the ripple effects these bring to daily life. She combines practical skills from cognitive approaches with attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. Tara makes space for cultural context and life story when planning treatment.
She works collaboratively to set goals and track progress. Her aim is to help people leave sessions with one or two clear steps they can try before the next meeting.
Tara lists 10 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.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Online approaches that connect relationships and behavior
Tara uses attachment-focused work to help people see how early relationship patterns influence current feelings and reactions. This approach helps when worries about closeness, abandonment, or trust get in the way of daily life.She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions begin by following the person's concerns and building on their strengths. That way goals come from what matters most to the person rather than a preset plan.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT is another tool she brings to online work. CBT breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into clear steps so people can test new ways of thinking and acting between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist talks with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods as work progresses in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing communication skills, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, homework, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into a busy life while using methods that suit each person's routine and comfort.
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