Tara Hummel, LMHC, LPC

Tara Hummel is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people navigate relationship stress and other life challenges. She speaks plainly and aims to build hope while guiding people toward clearer next steps. Tara brings 12 years of clinical experience and practical support to conversations about change.

She often uses client-centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in a person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work to address unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. She also incorporates trauma-focused and psychodynamic ideas when early experiences or painful memories shape current problems.

Tara's background includes many years working with people affected by addiction and with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. That experience includes helping guardians manage challenging behaviors and supporting co-parenting conversations. She also volunteered at bereavement-focused youth camps, helping children process loss through age-appropriate activities.

In sessions she aims to treat people with dignity, respect, and compassion. Conversations tend to focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and manageable changes that fit a person's life. Tara works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, addiction, ADHD, and relationship difficulties.

She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Florida. Her approach blends evidence-informed tools and collaborative conversation so people leave with concrete ideas they can try between sessions.

How these approaches can work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In this approach the therapist reflects what matters most to the person and helps them name goals and priorities; it can help with relationship conflict, low self-esteem, and parenting stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It breaks issues into concrete skills and small experiments to try between sessions, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process upsetting memories that affect current functioning. It is usually structured around identifying stressful memories and working through them in a paced way to reduce their intensity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to match methods to needs, goals, and comfort level. Decisions about which techniques to use evolve from session conversation rather than being fixed up front.

Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, since they can avoid travel and use shorter check-ins when needed. Session options are not specified here, so confirm current formats before booking. Ask about timing, pacing, and any accommodations when you schedule so sessions align with your routine.