Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
How Tara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri, Iowa
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tara
Tara Huber is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, angry, anxious, or facing big life changes. People come to her when they need a steady, understanding presence to help sort things out and take practical steps forward.
Tara creates a warm, judgment-free space where clients can be honest and not have everything figured out.
Background and approach
She listens carefully and works side-by-side with each person to identify thoughts, emotions, and patterns that get in the way. The emphasis is on small, doable changes rather than quick fixes. Her work often centers on building coping skills, improving communication, and strengthening relationships.
She also helps people manage grief, addiction concerns, body image and eating issues, parenting stress, and questions around identity. Anger and self-esteem are among the topics she regularly addresses. Tara uses practical methods that fit the person in front of her.
She draws on approaches that focus on present concerns, skill-building, and processing difficult memories when needed. Sessions tend to balance understanding what happened with hands-on tools clients can use between meetings. Therapy with Tara is collaborative.
She helps clients notice strengths already present and then test small changes in everyday life. Her goal is steady progress so people gain confidence and clearer direction as they move through challenging seasons.
What Tara works with
Everything Tara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care with Tara
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room, using respectful listening and support so clients can explore what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and a calm space to make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them; it is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing reactions like anger.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Tara will talk with the client about goals, try tools together, and adjust methods based on what helps. The process emphasizes testing small changes and building skills that fit each person's life rather than imposing a single method.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time so people can use breaks at work or evenings more easily. Licensed professionals can combine supportive listening with CBT skill work and other techniques in remote sessions, allowing steady progress even when life feels chaotic.
Questions people ask about Tara
What concerns does Tara typically address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, attention concerns, parenting strain, and many life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative, compassionate, and practical. Sessions focus on understanding patterns and trying small, useful changes that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Tara has 19 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and family-related stresses.
Which credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Missouri, with licensure noted for Iowa as well.
What languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not listed here; please confirm the current options when you schedule so you know what formats are offered.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tara?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.