About Tara
Tara Brisnehan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Arizona with six years of experience. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and ADHD-related concerns. Tara aims to give practical tools so clients can manage daily hurdles and move toward what they want in life.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first and then helps people set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often focus on skills you can use between meetings, so progress feels real and useful.
Background and approach
Tara draws on several approaches to shape sessions to each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work to understand what matters most, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness to build calm and focus. She also brings narrative and solution-focused ideas when helpful.
Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University and a master’s degree from Argosy University in Phoenix. Growing up in a military family taught her flexibility and an appreciation for different cultures and family patterns. In a session with Tara, expect clear guidance, practical exercises, and a partnership that centers your goals.
She frames counseling as a step toward a more manageable life and offers steady support while clients learn new habits and perspectives.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding what matters to the individual and shaping sessions around their priorities. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to sort out values and goals and steer change at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related frustration, and stress because it gives practical steps to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for regulating intense emotions and improving relationships. Short exercises in DBT can help with anger, relationship conflicts, and moments of overwhelm.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something isn’t helping, the plan can be adjusted so work stays focused and relevant.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone work can be a good option when bandwidth or a quick check-in matters. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options increase flexibility and make consistent work more achievable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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