Tara Hummel, LMHC, LPC

Pennsylvania · 12 years in practice

Tara Hummel offers straightforward, supportive help for adults feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or life transitions.

License and registration

LPC, Pennsylvania: PC012781 · expires February 2027
LMHC, Florida: MH24972 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1497422935 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English

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About Tara

Tara Hummel offers straightforward, supportive help for adults feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or life transitions. She introduces practical steps and listens closely so people feel understood and can start making small changes. Tara writes plainly and moves at a pace that fits each person's needs.

She brings 12 years of clinical experience and holds LMHC and LPC credentials. Much of her early work involved supporting children and adolescents with autism and their guardians around challenging behaviors, and she has long experience helping people manage alcohol and substance use.

Background and approach

She also volunteered at grief camps for children, helping them name feelings and remember lost loved ones. Tara’s approach uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person sitting in the room. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns that repeat over time. She incorporates trauma-focused techniques and lists Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) among her methods for addressing painful memories. In sessions she aims to keep interventions concrete - short exercises, focused questions, and steps people can practice between meetings.

People seeking help for parenting stress, relationship trouble, ADHD, low self-esteem, or burnout may find her practical style useful. Sessions are offered in English and operate through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, giving several ways to connect that fit different schedules and needs.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Tara names

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Online support

How Tara’s approaches translate to online therapy

Tara uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person, listening first and shaping sessions around individual goals. Client-centered work is useful for building trust and clarifying what a person wants to change.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and habit changes because it gives clear, practical exercises to try between sessions.

EMDR is listed among her trauma-focused tools and is intended to help process painful memories and reduce their emotional intensity. When appropriate, it can be integrated into online sessions alongside other techniques to address trauma symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences and then suggest a mix of methods. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust them as progress continues.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to process between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy days and changing schedules.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

Tara works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, self-esteem issues, and relationship or family conflict.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and collaborative, blending client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused approaches to address thoughts, behaviors, and past experiences.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of clinical experience, including long-term work with people affected by addiction and several years supporting children and guardians around autism-related behaviors.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

In what formats are sessions offered?

Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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