Tara J. May

Tara J. May is an Ohio LISW with six years of clinical experience helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about what comes next. She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, career questions, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses related issues such as attachment struggles, codependency, control problems, grief, and questions about life purpose.

Tara uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques in session. She emphasizes clear coping strategies and short-term steps clients can try between meetings. Conversations are practical and focused on what a person can do now to feel more able to manage daily demands and make decisions about next steps.

Her background includes work with mood disorders and post-traumatic stress alongside everyday pressures like loneliness, communication problems, and family conflict. Tara helps people identify patterns that keep them stuck and then tests small changes to see what shifts the most. She draws on cognitive methods and mindfulness practices to reduce distress and improve focus.

Sessions often look at past experiences that affect current relationships and sense of self. Tara pays attention to how attachment, abandonment fears, or avoidant tendencies shape choices at work and in relationships. She also supports people coping with guilt, shame, jealousy, and forgiveness as they reconsider their priorities.

People who reach out are usually trying to make sense of a big life change or want clearer direction about work and purpose. Tara asks practical questions, suggests doable experiments, and revisits what is working as goals evolve.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions

CBT, or cognitive behavioral approaches, focus on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to see what changes improve mood or performance at work and in relationships.

Mindfulness-based techniques help people notice stress and reactivity without getting swept away. These practices can reduce habitual worry and improve concentration, which many people find useful when managing anxiety or compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative step. Tara will work with each person to choose which methods to try first, based on the concerns, goals, and what feels workable in daily life. She checks progress regularly and adjusts the plan as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, shorten a routine check-in, or avoid a commute. They can also allow someone to use a phone-only session when bandwidth is limited or to schedule meetings around work and family obligations.