Tara Parisi

Tara Parisi is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage everyday stress and major life changes. She holds an MA and uses a down-to-earth, practical style to help clients find what works for them. Tara is based in New Hampshire and brings 24 years of experience to her work.

Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring sessions to each person's needs. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to honor a person's own goals and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that keep problems going. Narrative therapy helps clients reframe difficult stories, and trauma-focused strategies are used when past hurt affects present life.

Tara helps people who are coping with anxiety, panic attacks, and mood concerns. She also works with relationship and family issues, parenting strain, intimacy-related problems, and anger. Career stress, transitions, ADHD, and the effects of trauma and abuse are also common topics in her work.

Her style is straightforward and empathic. She listens well, uses humor when it fits, and focuses on building practical skills. Sessions tend to be collaborative, with Tara offering strategies and helping people recognize their own strengths.

Starting therapy with Tara involves a conversation about goals and a simple fit check. If someone finds her style is not right, she encourages honest feedback and can help point toward other options. She aims to help people make changes that feel manageable and real.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on your goals and priorities. A therapist using this approach listens closely and reflects what you say so you can clarify what matters and build on your own strengths.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more useful ones. It is often used for anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and for building coping skills you can practice between sessions.

Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves. That can reduce feelings of shame, isolation, or stuckness and make room for new perspectives and choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress and challenges emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it easier to connect from different locations on days when life is hectic. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, narrative conversations, and client-centered listening to an online setting while helping you apply what you learn to everyday life.