About Tara
Tara Hummel greets people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down and offers straightforward support. She speaks plainly and listens closely to each person's story. Her aim is to help people find practical steps that make daily life easier and more manageable.
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience. Over the years she has worked extensively with addiction concerns and with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum.
Background and approach
That early work included supporting caregivers through co-parenting challenges and managing difficult behaviors. Tara combines several approaches to meet real needs. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and to try small experiments that can change day-to-day routines. When trauma or painful memories are part of the story, she incorporates trauma-focused work including EMDR to address those experiences. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat across relationships and time.
Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on clear steps to get there. Her background includes years supporting people through addiction, grief work at youth bereavement programs, and behavior support for autistic youth. Tara aims to create a respectful, steady space where people can work through stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strains, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
How Tara’s approaches translate to online therapy
Tara uses client-centered therapy to focus sessions on what matters most to each person. That approach means sessions begin with the person's priorities and move at their pace, whether the goal is coping with stress, improving self-esteem, or managing parenting strain.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and habits tied to addiction by breaking problems into small, testable steps. When past trauma is a factor, she incorporates trauma-focused methods including EMDR to address painful memories and reduce their impact on current life.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist and the person will decide together which methods to try based on goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. That collaborative planning helps keep work focused and relevant.
Online formats offer different practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and full interaction. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to fit a shorter conversation into a busy day. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people continue work even when life is hectic.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida
- Languages
- English