Tara Schoeller, LCSW, CSW

Tara Schoeller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the College of Saint Catherine. Tara has worked in schools, clinics, and private practice settings across varied client needs.

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. Tara aims to build a trusting relationship where people can speak openly. She comes from a strengths-based, nonjudgmental perspective and emphasizes practical steps toward change.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed ideas, client-centered methods, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, practice new behaviors, and connect what matters to daily choices.

Tara often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, ADHD, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Additional attention is given to attachment issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, codependency, and isolation or loneliness.

Her approach mixes goal-oriented work with building awareness and strengths. Sessions aim to combine practical tools, mindful practices, and honest conversation so clients leave with clear strategies and things to try between meetings.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Tara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often focuses on small experiments and practical strategies that can change how daily life feels.

She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. Attachment-informed ideas are used to look at how past relationships shape current patterns and to build safer ways of connecting with others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life context, and she adjusts strategies over time based on what is helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel.