Tara Hummel , LMHC, LPC

Tara Hummel is a compassionate Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and women's issues. She aims to offer practical support and steady guidance so clients can move toward clearer days. Tara keeps sessions straightforward and focused on real-life change.

She brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work. Much of her background includes supporting people affected by addiction and helping parents manage challenging behavior in children and adolescents, including co-parenting tensions. She has also volunteered with grief-focused programs for young people, helping children and teens tell their stories and remember lost loved ones.

Tara uses a mix of approaches in session. She draws on cognitive-behavioral tools to spot unhelpful patterns and build new skills. Trauma-focused and psychodynamic ideas help her look at how past experiences shape current reactions. She also uses client-centered listening to keep the process collaborative.

In practice she focuses on clear goals, step-by-step coping skills, and real conversations about change. Sessions often include problem-solving, emotion regulation strategies, and ways to handle triggers tied to substance use or past trauma. For parents she offers concrete behavior-management ideas and communication strategies for co-parenting.

She works with people facing a range of concerns including ADHD, depression, relationship strain, isolation, and compassion fatigue. Tara practices in Florida and offers sessions that fit into busy lives through a variety of online formats.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can set their own goals and pace. It is helpful for people who want a supportive space to talk through difficult choices and emotions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. Sessions include concrete tools like changing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. It is often used when past events keep causing strong reactions in day-to-day life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what seems to help most. Clients and the therapist can adjust strategies as progress is made so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity of care across locations.