Tara Schoeller

Tara Schoeller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 25 years of experience in schools, clinics, and private practice. She earned a Master of Social Work from Columbia University in 1999 and began working with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, anger, and life transitions. Tara emphasizes a warm, down-to-earth approach so people feel heard from the first visit.

Tara focuses on building a trusting relationship where clients can share openly. Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented. She listens for strengths and uses them as the foundation for change rather than starting from problems alone.

Her work incorporates practical skills from cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior strategies. She also draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered practice to tailor support to each person. This mix helps with impulsivity, communication problems, coping with career pressures, and parenting stress.

Tara aims to help people increase self-awareness and develop tools they can use between sessions. She supports clients working through addiction concerns, ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue, and feelings of isolation or low self-esteem. Her style stays compassionate, straightforward, and focused on real-life gains.

If someone wants help making changes, Tara offers coaching-style support alongside clinical care. She guides clients through small, achievable steps so progress feels manageable and relevant to everyday life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with concrete behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating, which can aid communication and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is a process. Tara works collaboratively to learn what matters to each person and to try approaches that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts methods over time so skill-building and insight fit the client’s needs.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills in the places where they live and work so changes carry over into daily routines.