Therapist profile
Tara J. May, LISW
Ohio
Ohio LISW - Stress and Codependency support
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- Credentials
- LISW
- License
- LISW, Ohio / I.2405113-SUPV
- NPI
- 1073148078
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Ohio
About
- CBT informed
- Mindfulness techniques
- Goal focused work
About Tara
Tara J. May is an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are stressed, anxious, struggling with self-esteem, or facing career and life changes. She also focuses on compassion fatigue and patterns like codependency and attachment issues.
Tara uses straightforward, evidence-based methods to help people notice unhelpful habits and try different ways of coping. Sessions focus on small, practical steps: noticing thoughts and behaviors, testing new responses to relationships, and learning ways to manage mood and stress. She emphasizes clear goals and measurable progress rather than vague promises.
Her work addresses themes such as abandonment, control and dependency patterns, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and jealousy. People who feel they keep putting others first often work on boundary setting, seeing patterns that repeat, and deciding what they want next. Conversations can include how work and life purpose affect mood and relationships.
Tara describes therapy as collaborative. She listens to what matters most and then proposes focused strategies clients can try between sessions. Mindfulness techniques and brief problem-solving tools are used alongside talking through difficult memories or relationship patterns.
She practices in Ohio and provides services in English. Clients are asked to confirm the current session formats before booking and to follow the site's matching and scheduling steps to begin.
How sessions work
How evidence-based methods are used in online sessions
Many of her techniques come from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT-style work often includes short exercises and outside practice to build different habits over time.She also uses mindfulness-based approaches to teach attention and grounding skills. These techniques help with stress management, compassion fatigue, and moments of intense emotion by training simple awareness and breathing practices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods, and adjust plans together with the client. That collaborative process helps decide which techniques fit best for relationship patterns, people-pleasing, or isolation.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Phone or video may feel different in how a session runs - phone can be less visually demanding and video allows face-to-face conversation - so clients and therapists pick what works for them.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, career and life transitions, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as codependency, attachment, and mood concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses evidence-based techniques and practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions aim for clear goals and small steps clients can practice between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults on anxiety, trauma, relationship patterns, grief, and self-esteem issues.
Is she a licensed clinician and where is she based?
She is an Ohio LISW, a Licensed Independent Social Worker practicing in Ohio.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.