About Tara
Tara Passaretti is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 18 years of experience. She welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. Tara focuses on practical steps that help people feel steadier day to day and move toward their goals.
She commonly helps with anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. Relationship concerns, intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, and trauma are also central to her work.
How Tara works
Tara also supports people facing burnout, attention challenges, sleep problems, and career questions. Tara draws on several therapy approaches to match what each person needs. She uses Client-Centered methods to build a respectful, empathic relationship.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, often called CBT, helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Narrative and Solution-Focused ideas are used to identify strengths and create clear next steps. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative.
Sessions tend to focus on real problems and small, doable changes people can try between meetings. She aims to help clients feel more capable of handling everyday stresses and major transitions. Tara practices in Rhode Island and works in English.
If you want to start, you can use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
Tara lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Tara works with
The areas below are the ones Tara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
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Online support options
How these approaches guide online therapy
Many elements of Tara's clinical approach translate into focused online work. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and emphasizes listening and understanding; this helps build a working relationship and makes it easier to set goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools for anxiety, panic, sleep problems, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Tara works collaboratively to decide which methods fit best for each person's needs and preferences. Together they review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Therapists can tailor session pacing and homework to suit day-to-day routines, which helps clients try new strategies between meetings.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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