About Tara
Tara Lineberry is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Virginia. She has ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship concerns. Tara draws on practical tools and talk-based work to help people feel less overwhelmed.
She aims to build trust quickly and listen without judgment. Tara often focuses on how past experiences shape current reactions, including abandonment and attachment concerns.
How Tara works
She helps people who struggle with eating and body image issues, intimacy and commitment worries, and difficult family-of-origin patterns. She also supports people dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, and career stress. Her style is warm, direct, and respectful.
Sessions tend to mix clearer skills with guided reflection. Tara believes most people already know some of what will help them, and she works beside them to try out changes and strengthen personal resources. She makes use of evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to address trauma, mood concerns, and behavior change.
These methods can be adapted for coping skills, processing difficult memories, or improving communication. Tara accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. She offers a variety of online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the service's Start Therapy flow.
Tara lists 8 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How therapy methods translate to online care
Tara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT is useful for stress, depression, and many everyday problems.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at patterns in important relationships and help people express needs and emotions more clearly. EFT can help with connection issues, communication problems, and attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tara will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets people work face to face when they prefer it, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit short check-ins or days when typing feels better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care from different locations.
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