Tara Jenkins, LCSW
Therapist in Pennsylvania
Tara Jenkins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania who uses attachment-based ideas to guide therapy.
- Licensed inPennsylvania
- LicenseCW024456
- NPI 1235737412
- Experience10+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Tara
Tara Jenkins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania who uses attachment-based ideas to guide therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, relationship difficulties, and low self-esteem. Her style is direct and warm, aimed at practical change and clearer communication.
In sessions she listens for patterns that come from early connections and current relationships. That helps her and the client understand how those patterns affect mood, coping, and trust.
Background and approach
She uses that understanding alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to build new habits and responses. Tara draws on ten years of clinical experience working with people facing grief, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. She pays attention to multicultural concerns and the ways identity and background shape coping and relationships.
This informs how she frames goals and suggests strategies. The work often includes short practical exercises, communication skills practice, and small behavioral experiments between sessions. Clients leave sessions with concrete steps they can try during the week, then bring back what did and didn’t work.
Her approach balances emotional exploration with hands-on tools for managing mood and impulses. She aims to create a consistent, respectful space where clients can address abandonment concerns, attachment issues, body image, substance use, and other struggles. Language of sessions is English and clinical services are provided online in a range of formats.
Credentials
- LCSW (Pennsylvania)
- License CW024456 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1235737412 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tara names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How attachment work and practical therapy translate online
The practice brings together attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral ideas to address how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns formed in relationships and helps people notice how those patterns show up now, which can help with trust, abandonment concerns, and communication. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building different behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and manage impulses.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has helped or hindered in the past. From there they try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust based on what works, mixing insight about relationships with hands-on skills practice.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, homework exchanges, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules while working toward clear, achievable goals.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Tara commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship problems, self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, anger, and compassion fatigue.
What is her overall therapeutic style?
Her work blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques to link emotions, relationships, and behavior in practical ways.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with people on mood issues, life transitions, and interpersonal concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported and are international clients served?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered online?
Tara provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
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?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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