Tara BrisnehanLPC

Tara Brisnehan is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona. She has six years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people face real-life challenges. She welcomes clients from many backgrounds and aims to give straightforward tools for coping. Seeking help is framed as a brave first step and she responds with practical support.

Tara grew up as a military child and moved often. Those experiences shaped how she notices family dynamics and adapts to change. She studied Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University and earned a master’s degree from Argosy University in Phoenix, Arizona.

In sessions she uses client-centered methods and mixes in cognitive behavioral techniques. Mindfulness skills and solution-focused ideas are part of her work. She explains strategies in clear language and focuses on what clients can try between meetings.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, relationship strain, career stress, and life transitions. Additional areas include ADHD, compassion fatigue, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and divorce or separation.

Tara aims to help clients build practical skills and reach personal goals. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps such as changing patterns in thought and behavior, improving communication, and rebuilding routines. She invites clients to set goals and checks progress along the way.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Tara uses client-centered work that focuses on each person’s goals and values. This approach means sessions often start by listening closely and setting short-term goals to build from. Cognitive behavioral therapy is another part of her work and looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Clients learn simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns and test new ways of responding.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can change as progress is made, and she checks in to see what is working and what might need adjustment.

The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use mindfulness practices or homework exercises between sessions. Licensed professionals aim to make sessions practical, goal-focused, and adaptable to everyday life.