Tara Schoeller, LCSW, CSW

Tara Schoeller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience across schools, clinics, and private practice settings. She holds an MSW from Columbia University in New York City (1999) and a BSW from the College of St. Catherine's in Minnesota with a minor in psychology. Tara's professional credentials include LCSW and CSW - LCSW denotes Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW denotes Clinical Social Worker - reflecting formal clinical training and state licensure.

Tara draws on a range of therapeutic modalities to tailor care to each person's needs, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness-based approaches, client-centered therapy, and strengths-based interventions informed by motivational interviewing. She emphasizes practical, goal-oriented techniques while also cultivating self-awareness and lasting skills.

Her approach is collaborative, down-to-earth, and non-judgmental, prioritizing a trusting relationship where clients can share openly. Tara focuses on building on individual strengths to meet therapy goals and supports clients through life transitions, relationship and family challenges, grief, addiction concerns, ADHD, career issues, and caregiver or compassion fatigue needs.

Tara is committed to an empathic, tailored style that meets each person where they are and helps them move toward positive change. She welcomes the opportunity to work alongside clients as they develop tools and insight for healing and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Tara Schoeller

Tara often integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her work - ACT helps people clarify their values and commit to actions that align with what matters most, while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings rather than getting stuck by them. This approach can be useful for issues such as anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another focus - it explores how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust, and it helps clients develop healthier ways of relating in partnerships and families. This approach is especially helpful for relationship concerns, blended family issues, and attachment difficulties.

Tara also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes an empathic, non-judgmental stance and supports clients in finding their own solutions. This approach is well suited to those seeking personal growth, increased self-awareness, or support through major life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tara works collaboratively with each client to identify methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Tara is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules, geographic distance, or mobility limitations. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care and access support when it is most needed.