Tara Hummel

Tara Hummel greets people with a calm, straightforward approach. She focuses on helping those feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and big life shifts. Her tone is practical and warm, aimed at people who need clear steps and steady support.

Tara brings 12 years of clinical experience and holds the credentials LMHC and LPC. She spent several years working with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum and their caregivers, helping manage challenging behaviors and co-parenting issues. She also has long experience supporting people affected by alcohol and substance use concerns.

In sessions she uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, trauma-focused ideas, and psychodynamic thinking to fit each person’s needs. That means conversations focus on the person's goals, identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and understanding past experiences that still affect daily life. Sessions are aimed at practical change rather than theory.

Tara has volunteered with grief-focused programs for children and teens, helping young people express feelings and remember lost loved ones. This background informs how she supports adults facing loss or complicated grief.

People who choose Tara can expect a collaborative tone. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and suggests small, doable steps between sessions to build momentum toward a more manageable life.

Approaches that guide online therapy choices

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help people see options and make choices. It often helps when someone needs a respectful, steady space to sort out what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions link to feelings and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

EMDR is a trauma-informed method that helps people process disturbing memories and reduce their emotional impact. It is commonly used for trauma-related symptoms and can be combined with other approaches when appropriate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

If considering online sessions, confirm which formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care from different locations when schedules change, while still using the same therapeutic approaches and goals discussed in sessions.