Tara Sedov, LICSW

Tara Sedov is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, life changes, and ADHD-related concerns. She draws on eight years of clinical experience and aims to make therapy practical and down to earth. Sessions focus on everyday thoughts and habits that shape how people cope and make choices.

Tara uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach that treats the client as a partner in the work. She blends methods to match each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method. That means sessions can include skill practice, problem-solving, and conversational exploration depending on what feels helpful.

She also supports issues tied to relationships and identity, such as attachment concerns, family of origin dynamics, communication problems, gender dysphoria, and multicultural stressors. Health-related challenges are included too, such as chronic pain, illness, disability, caregiver stress, and mood disorders. Tara pays attention to how daily routines and thinking patterns affect these struggles.

Tara lists additional interests in obsessions and compulsions, immigration-related stress, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose, and midlife transitions. She integrates practical coping strategies and breathing techniques when appropriate. Her work is aimed at helping people build skills they can use outside sessions.

Based in Washington, Tara works in English and is available to international clients. She describes her style as collaborative and focused on real-world change rather than theory alone.

Approaches that focus on thoughts and everyday habits

Two of the main approaches Tara draws on emphasize practical thinking and daily routines. One approach involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to see what shifts mood and function; this helps with anxiety, low mood, and repetitive worries. Another approach centers on strengthening coping skills and breath-based practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation during busy or challenging days.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara works with each person to try methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep using.

Check your session format before booking since specific options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into work breaks, handle care responsibilities without long travel, or use shorter check-ins when life is busy. It also lets people continue care across locations, which can be helpful for those managing moves or international schedules. Confirm the available session formats when you schedule to match what will work best for your routine.