Tarrah Grady, LCSW
Missouri · 17 years in practice
Tarrah Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, Missouri
- 2010001105 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1184955700 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tarrah
Tarrah Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and trauma. She blends practical methods with a warm, interactive style. Tarrah focuses on what a person wants to change and supports steps toward those goals.
She uses a mix of approaches that include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behavioral techniques, and acceptance-based methods. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused.
Background and approach
Tarrah helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. Her background includes work in hospitals, clinics, inpatient addiction treatment, prisons, schools, and suicide intervention organizations. That variety shaped an ability to handle crisis moments and longer-term struggles.
She has provided individual counseling, couples counseling, group facilitation, and crisis intervention. Tarrah earned a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Central Missouri and a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis.
She holds a Missouri Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW. In sessions she aims to be respectful, compassionate, and nonjudgmental. She partners with people to set practical goals and build skills for daily life.
Many clients focus on improving sleep, managing anger, coping with life changes, or working through relationship and intimacy concerns.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tarrah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tarrah names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How EMDR, CBT, and Acceptance Work Online
Tarrah uses EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address traumatic memories, unhelpful thoughts, and values-driven change. EMDR focuses on processing distressing memories so they feel less triggering and is often used for trauma and abuse related concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches skills for noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values when life feels overwhelming.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to what matters to the client, talk through goals, and recommend methods that match those needs. Together they can try techniques, monitor what helps, and adjust the plan over time to fit progress and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier and to fit different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to attend therapy around work, caregiving, or travel commitments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Tarrah address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and many related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm, engaging, and interactive. Sessions focus on practical steps, building skills, and working toward the goals the client brings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working across hospitals, clinics, inpatient addiction treatment, prisons, schools, and suicide intervention organizations.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds a Missouri Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, shown as LCSW, and practices from Missouri.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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