- Client-centered support
- Skills-based work
- 20 years experience
About Tara
Dr. Tara Harvey is an LPC who practices in Tennessee and focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and codependency. She draws on two decades of experience to help people sort through painful history, current problems, and hard life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, offering clear steps and steady support instead of jargon.
Her background includes work and teaching in a range of mental health settings and study at the University of Tennessee, Lindsey Wilson College, and Berea College. She uses several approaches to match what a person needs, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion-focused work. Sessions emphasize learning tools for managing emotions, building healthier communication, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.
Dr. Harvey often helps people recover from trauma and interpersonal violence and supports those coping with grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. She also works with people facing ADHD, bipolar symptoms, chronic health problems, body image and eating struggles, and issues tied to adoption, aging, or caregiving stress.
Therapy with her is collaborative. She listens first, then creates a practical plan that can include skill-building, problem-solving, or deeper exploration of life patterns. Many clients leave with clearer daily routines, calmer reactions, and stronger sense of self.
People who want to start are invited to use the site tools to match and schedule. The first steps are a short questionnaire and picking a time that fits into a busy week.
How key approaches guide online work
Client-centered therapy puts your needs and goals at the center of sessions and focuses on listening, empathy, and working at your pace. This approach helps when someone needs support to sort out feelings, build confidence, or make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills for changing thinking patterns and behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships and can help with intense reactions and ongoing mood struggles.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will try methods that fit the problem at hand. That collaborative process helps decide whether more skill-building, problem-focused work, or deeper exploration is most helpful.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits the schedule. It can also let people continue work during life transitions and coordinate care with other providers when needed.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, codependency, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, and related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative with a focus on skills, problem-solving, and understanding life patterns. She listens first and then helps pick approaches that fit a person's needs.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience working and teaching in mental health settings and studied at the University of Tennessee, Lindsey Wilson College, and Berea College.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Tennessee as a Tennessee LPC.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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