Tara Boerner

Tara Boerner is a licensed marriage and family therapist who offers practical, down-to-earth support for people facing strong emotions and life strain. She brings 16 years of professional experience in California to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship or family concerns.

She helps people cope with grief and loss in straightforward, compassionate ways. Tara treats issues such as addictions, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and workplace stress. She also addresses mood concerns including bipolar disorder and panic symptoms without using clinical jargon.

Tara believes each person knows their own story and owns strengths that can help them move forward. In sessions she listens closely, helps name patterns that cause distress, and works collaboratively to try practical changes that fit everyday life. She keeps explanations clear and uses approaches that are grounded in evidence.

Over her career she has supported people with caregiver stress, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, and women's issues. She also works with trauma-related concerns, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety in ways that prioritize pacing and safety.

To begin, a prospective client follows the site start process to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedules a session based on therapist availability. Tara uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time, and her practice operates in California.

How evidence-based methods translate to online therapy

Tara works with practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people handle intense emotions and life challenges. Cognitive-style approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing different responses to reduce anxiety, mood swings, and anger. Behavioral-focused work emphasizes small, doable changes in daily routines and coping skills to manage panic, mood symptoms, and workplace stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client look at goals, what has helped before, and what feels manageable now. Together they try methods that fit the client’s needs and adjust them over time based on what works and what doesn’t.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not specified in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a day off work. It can also let someone use sessions when they need less visual bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Ask about the specific session arrangements during the matching and scheduling process so you know what to expect.