Tara Passaretti, LMHC

Tara Passaretti is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, life changes, and parenting challenges. Tara uses straightforward conversation to help people clarify next steps and feel steadier day to day.

She draws on several practical approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy, to shape short-term goals and useful habits. Sessions focus on identifying thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems stuck and then trying small changes that build momentum.

Tara also uses Narrative and Solution-Focused methods to help people reframe difficult experiences and find what works now. That can mean changing a repetitive thought pattern, testing a new way to set boundaries, or adjusting routines that affect sleep and stress.

Her background includes broad experience across many concerns such as trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and panic. She aims to be collaborative and direct, offering clear tools you can try between sessions. Tara bases work on the client’s priorities and adapts pace to what feels manageable.

People who contact her typically want practical steps and clearer thinking about their next move. If you are juggling parenting, career, low mood, or relationship worries, she helps break things down into doable actions.

Online work with practical, goal-focused therapy

Many of the approaches Tara uses translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support better sleep. Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person's goals, offering space to be heard and encouraged while decisions about next steps come from the client. Narrative Therapy helps people tell and reshape the stories they hold about themselves, which can loosen painful patterns and open new options.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Tara collaborates with each client to pick methods that match goals, preferences, and what feels doable. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something isn't helping or needs to move faster or slower.

Session formats are not listed explicitly in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by saving travel time, allowing a shorter check-in when needed, or making it simpler to attend between work or childcare demands. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques from CBT and Client-Centered work to the online setting so you can practice new habits between appointments.