Tara Passaretti

Tara Passaretti is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 18 years of experience. She focuses on practical ways to help people handle stress, anxiety, career questions, relationship concerns, grief, and life changes. Tara writes plainly and listens carefully to understand what brought someone to therapy.

She uses approaches that fit each person instead of one set method. Tara often brings in client-centered techniques that prioritize the person’s own goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.

Tara works with a wide range of concerns that include trauma and abuse, ADHD, sleeping problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT-related stress. She also helps with everyday struggles like anger, low self-esteem, and isolation. Her background includes supporting people through divorce, caregiving burden, and life-purpose questions.

Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable steps. Tara tends to blend solution-focused ideas and narrative work to help people reframe stories about themselves and set short-term goals. She invites people to test small changes between meetings and then reflect on what worked.

Tara practices from Rhode Island and conducts sessions in English. If a reader wants to begin, the usual next step is to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs a space to sort feelings and set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors, offering specific exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or shift mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and can change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue work from different locations and maintain regular momentum between meetings. Licensed professionals aim to tailor the pace and tools to each person's life and goals.