Emily Tarantola
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
Maryland therapists accepting new clients
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About Emily
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and Arizona. I graduated from Louisiana State University in Shreveport with my Masters in Counseling Psychology. For the past 15 years, I have been working with adults, adolescents, children and families from various backgrounds. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, anger management, relationship issues, ADHD, and trauma.
My counseling style is a combination of Person-Centered, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Solution-Focused. I think it is very important to focus on building a strong therapeutic relationship to help the counseling process be most effective. I believe in meeting the client where they are mentally and emotionally in order to help them work toward what they would like to achieve in counseling. I always encourage and support the client with creating individualized therapeutic goals to help motivate and empower the client to make positive changes.
I look forward to working with you and helping you overcome the challenges you are experiencing.
What Emily helps with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
How Emily works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Emily is very easy to talk to. I feel supported and heard. She makes therapy feel less clinical and more like a conversation with a trusted friend.”
- “She is very understanding and helps focus on the issue”
- “Emily is very knowledgeable and sensitive. She is easy to talk to and very helpful. I highly recommend her.”
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- “Emily had been great in listening and understanding my issues and helping to make an actionable, pragmatic plan to help get my anger issues under control. I really appreciate her.”
- “Emily is really great! She is very helpful and a really great listener. I feel like she really understands me and genuinely cares about me!”
- “Emily is very kind and understanding. She makes me feel like I'm being listened to when no one else will listen, and I feel very comfortable talking about all my problems with her.”
- “Great listener. Working with Emily has helped my daughter. I feel she has her best interest at heart and has done a great job.”
- “Emily is a very good listener and really does care about you.”
- “I was a little skeptical about doing counseling only online but Emily has been amazing. She’s responded to my messages quickly and our phone sessions are great. I just started but I feel like she has helped tremendously already. I would recommend Emily and BetterHelp to everyone.”
- “Emily is great about reaching out”
- “I like the way she really works on trying to help me solve my problems while also listening to everything I have to say :)”
- “She’s patient and thoughtful and always follows up!”
- “So far, Emily has been very helpful. She listens carefully to my concerns and makes me feel heard.”
- “Emily is an excellent counselor. I am so happy that I got so lucky as to find her. She’s really been helping me get through a tough time and always checks in with me weekly, even after our phone calls, to see how I’m doing. She even sent me resources that I can use to strengthen my process of healing. She is a wonderful counselor and person, and anyone would be lucky to have her as a counselor!”
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