Tara Porphy

Tara Porphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, parenting strain, and related concerns. She writes and speaks plainly, and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Many clients come for help with mood, sleeping, or coping with life changes. Tara has ten years of experience in mental health settings. Her background includes work in homes, offices, residential programs, and telehealth. She has provided individual counseling, led groups, and supported family members of people in residential substance use programs. That work included motivational interviewing and psychoeducation for people in recovery and their loved ones. Tara has worked with people across the lifespan, and with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism. She has assisted with trauma, self-harm concerns, panic, and depression. She also supports parents who are struggling with the daily demands of raising children and with blended family dynamics. Her approach is flexible and client-centered. She blends Attachment-Based ideas with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and mindfulness techniques. In sessions she focuses on clear skills, communication patterns, and realistic goals you can use at home. She emphasizes collaboration and meeting people where they are. Tara encourages short-term skill building as well as longer work when needed. To begin, she asks clients to identify practical goals and small steps toward change.

How her approach adapts to online work

Tara uses Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns and how past connections shape current reactions. That approach helps people spot how they relate to others and practice new ways of connecting and responding. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to break problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT gives concrete tools for managing anxiety, anger, sleep issues, and mood by changing unhelpful patterns. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tara will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. This happens as a collaboration, with room to adjust what’s most helpful over time. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time and allowing scheduling flexibility. It can also support continued care after a residential stay or when juggling work and parenting demands. Because session formats were not specified in the therapist's biography, confirm available session options before booking to know what will work best for your routine and technology.