About Tara
Tara Wright-Mitchell helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida and brings 20 years of professional experience to her practice. Her style is direct and warm.
She aims to make sessions a place where people can say what they mean and figure out what matters to them. The focus is on practical steps that fit each person's life, not on jargon or long explanations.
Background and approach
Tara uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. That can include techniques that look at unhelpful thinking patterns, ways to build emotional skills, and strategies to clarify values and take meaningful action. Mindfulness skills and acceptance-based work are often woven into the plan.
In sessions she listens first, then offers options clients can try between meetings. Small changes and repeated practice are part of the work. She helps people notice what gets in the way and find new ways to respond.
Her background includes two decades of clinical work in Florida. That experience informs how she helps people manage worry, repair communication problems, rebuild confidence, and cope with transitions. She invites clients to set the pace and goals for therapy while she offers guidance and support.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small steps toward those values. It helps people reduce the hold of painful thoughts by changing how they relate to them rather than trying to erase them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and behavior change. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention exercises and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That may mean trying a mix of strategies, checking in on what helps, and adjusting the plan as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter and longer conversations are planned. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can work for quick updates, homework check-ins, or when writing helps someone process thoughts. These options add flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English