- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Tara
Tara Boerner is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 16 years of clinical experience to conversations about parenting, stress, and relationships. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, work through grief, and handle the everyday challenges of family life. Tara centers the person in front of her and treats them as the expert on their own story.
In sessions she listens for strengths clients already use and builds on those skills.
Background and approach
She helps people name what feels overwhelming and then tries simple, practical steps to reduce that burden. Parents often come for help with balancing caregiving demands, managing anger around discipline, or coping with guilt and shame related to parenting choices. Her work also addresses mood concerns like bipolar disorder, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress.
She supports people who are struggling with addiction, intimacy issues, or low self-esteem. Tara also helps with workplace stress and social anxiety that spill over into home life. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative goal-setting.
Tara encourages small experiments between sessions to test what works in daily routines. She aims to make therapy useful in real life rather than only in the therapy room. She practices in California as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Tara honors the courage it takes to start therapy and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and improve connection at home and work.
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
- Grief
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based methods that focus on skills and patterns. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches practical techniques for managing anxiety and panic attacks, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These techniques are useful for day-to-day stress and panic symptoms.Another helpful approach focuses on processing grief, trauma, and emotional wounds by naming feelings, building safety in relationships, and practicing new interaction patterns. This work aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories and improve current relationships and intimacy issues.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to use and when to try something different.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy parents and caregivers. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, homework review, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a full life.
Questions people ask about Tara
What concerns does Tara commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, career and mood disorders including bipolar.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative. She listens for strengths, sets clear goals, and suggests small experiments to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Tara has 16 years of professional experience supporting people through life stressors and relational challenges in varied clinical settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in California as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with Tara?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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