Tara Brisnehan , LPC

Tara Brisnehan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona who focuses on helping people navigate meaningful change and overcome life’s challenges. She brings a warm, nonjudgmental approach to work with individuals and families seeking improved relationships, relief from depression and anxiety, better parenting strategies, and support through grief, trauma, or major transitions. Tara emphasizes practical tools and skills so people can manage stress, build self-esteem, and strengthen connections with others.

Tara’s counseling style blends mindfulness training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and solution-focused brief therapy to tailor sessions to each person’s goals. Mindfulness helps clients build present-moment awareness, cognitive behavioral techniques address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and solution-focused methods accelerate progress toward specific, achievable changes. As a licensed clinician, she aims to equip clients with techniques they can use between sessions to handle the ups and downs of daily life.

Raised as a military child, Tara moved frequently and learned early how to adapt to different cultures and family dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University and a master’s degree from Argosy University in Phoenix, Arizona. That background informs her comfort working with diverse backgrounds and complex family systems, and she welcomes clients who are ready to take the brave first step toward growth and healing.

Therapeutic Methods and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s own strengths and goals, offering a supportive environment where Tara listens closely and helps clients explore what matters most to them; this approach is well suited to relationship issues, self-esteem concerns, and parenting challenges.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into more constructive patterns, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, stress management, and coping with life changes.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and stress-reduction practices that help clients respond more calmly to difficult emotions and triggers, supporting work on trauma, grief, and daily overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara works with each person to determine which combination of methods best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is made and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life transitions, and receive support from wherever the client is located, while working with licensed professionals who guide treatment and skill-building.