About Tara
Tara Prom is a licensed independent clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related struggles. She offers straightforward support for parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, and coping with life changes. Tara works to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
Tara uses practical methods that match each person's needs. She listens first and then collaborates on goals and steps that feel doable.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear strategies for day-to-day problems as well as attention to deeper patterns that keep people stuck. Her background includes eleven years in clinical work in Minnesota, supporting people through trauma, family conflict, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and disruptive mood issues. She also helps with substance use concerns, caregiving stress, and feelings of isolation or shame.
Tara draws on client-centered principles to keep sessions grounded in each person's values. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and practical tools to change behavior. Solution-focused methods help set small, measurable goals so progress is visible between sessions.
Tara aims to tailor conversations and treatment plans to each individual's situation. She recognizes that starting therapy can be hard and offers calm, steady guidance throughout the process.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Tara uses client-centered therapy to focus on what matters most to the individual, creating a space where personal goals guide each session. Client-centered work helps when people want to be heard and make choices that fit their values.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD-related struggles, and practical day-to-day problems.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked in the past to decide which methods to use. She adjusts the plan over time so techniques stay relevant to each person's needs.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can serve as brief check-ins or between-session support. These options make it possible to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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