Tara Wells, LCSW

Tara Wells is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and an experienced counselor and life coach who blends clinical insight with practical coaching to help people move toward clearer goals and better functioning. With eight years as a social worker and a decade of experience as a life coach and counselor, she has worked in a range of settings including substance use facilities, public schools serving grades 6 through 12, community field work, and collegiate athletics. She also maintains a small private practice and operates a mental coaching business focused on athletes seeking to unlock competitive potential.

Tara's practice emphasizes goal-setting and actionable pathways to success, whether clients are working through stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship concerns, eating and body image issues, or challenges related to identity and multicultural experiences. Her work often includes LGBTQ populations and addresses attachment, codependency, communication struggles, grief, and compassion fatigue among other areas. She integrates approaches that honor cultural differences and practices cultural humility when working with clients whose backgrounds she continues to learn from.

Tara aims to collaborate with clients to identify strengths and build practical strategies tailored to each person. She is currently accepting new members who are seeking messaging or live chat sessions with scheduled appointments. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she combines training in clinical assessment and social systems to support therapeutic and coaching goals.

Approach-Focused Online Care and Flexible Sessions

Tara uses client-centered therapy to place the client's experience and goals at the heart of each session, creating a collaborative environment where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps build self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers practical tools to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop alternative habits that reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and grounded practices that can help with emotional regulation, rumination, and coping with difficult sensations.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Tara works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time and combines techniques from different approaches when it serves the client's objectives.

Online therapy with Tara takes place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care, fit sessions into daily life, and access licensed professionals from where clients are most comfortable.