Dr. Tara Harvey
Compassionate, skills-based therapy for complex concerns
LPC Tennessee
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Tara
Dr. Tara Harvey is an LPC practicing in Tennessee with two decades of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues such as grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, parenting challenges, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care questions, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, codependency, and communication problems.
Her style blends practical, evidence-informed strategies with a person-centered stance that honors each client’s values and life story. Dr.
Harvey draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with DBT, Emotionally-Focused and psychodynamic ideas to tailor interventions that match a client’s goals. She describes therapy as a collaborative process aimed at balancing mind, body, and spirit while addressing the difficulties of past and present experience.
Clients looking for a therapist who combines structured skills work with empathic listening will find an approach intended to help them build coping skills, process painful experiences, and make concrete changes. Dr.
Harvey’s background includes training and practice across clinical and educational settings, and she focuses on helping people explore meaningful growth and sustainable change.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Dr. Harvey commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy into online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through goal-oriented exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. DBT emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness and is useful when strong emotions or relationship patterns interfere with daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Dr. Harvey treats selection of methods as a collaborative process. She reviews clients’ concerns, goals, and preferences and adjusts the balance of skills training, emotionally focused exploration, and insight-oriented work to fit each person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to schedule regular appointments, practice skills between sessions, and maintain continuity of care despite busy or changing schedules.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Tennessee
Languages
English