Dr. Tara Harvey, LPC

Dr. Tara Harvey is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Tennessee, with two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and codependency among other areas. She works with adults on emotional and behavioral struggles that get in the way of daily life.

Tara takes a straightforward, person-centered approach in sessions. She listens first, then helps people map problems into small, manageable steps. Sessions include practical skills drawn from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches, together with deeper work on emotions and attachment when needed.

Her background spans community mental health, teaching, and clinical practice. That experience informs a mix of short-term strategies and longer-term exploration. Clients can expect clear goals, skills practice, and opportunities to reflect on patterns that repeat in relationships.

Dr. Harvey uses methods aimed at symptom relief and at understanding underlying dynamics. She commonly integrates CBT to address anxious thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. When relationship patterns or early experiences matter, she brings in psychodynamic and emotionally-focused ideas.

The work often covers setting boundaries, managing people-pleasing, coping with a partner's substance use or mood swings, and handling caregiving strain. She also addresses sleep and eating difficulties, career stress, ADHD challenges, and issues around identity and intimacy.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions