- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Tara
Tara Lineberry is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Virginia. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a warm, nonjudgmental style to sessions. She emphasizes building trust and a strong therapeutic connection from the start.
Parents reading this will find a straightforward approach focused on practical help and steady support. Her background includes work with trauma, addiction, eating disorders, domestic violence, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
Tara uses a mix of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. She draws on these methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. Tara believes many people already know steps they can take to feel better.
Her role is to sit alongside clients, listen without judgment, and help them try those steps. She also focuses on identifying personal strengths clients can use when life gets hard. Sessions are offered in several formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She often checks messages multiple times a day and offers evening and weekend availability, with more limited daytime hours. International clients can be seen in English. Her counseling style is open, caring, and respectful.
Parents looking for help with family stress, parenting strain, communication, or managing intense emotions will find an approach aimed at problem-solving and steady progress.
What Tara works with
Everything Tara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tara lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand patterns in close relationships and the emotions that drive them. It can be useful for improving emotional connection and handling relationship stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting-related coping strategies.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that guides people through processing distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That choice can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to get consistent help around work, parenting duties, or travel.
Questions people ask about Tara
What concerns does she address?
Tara helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, eating and body image issues, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, and parenting challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is open, caring, and nonjudgmental. She listens, offers practical tools, and works with clients at their own pace.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working in mental health settings with trauma, domestic violence, addiction, and eating disorder concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MA LICSW and VA LCSW credentials and practices from Virginia.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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