Dr. Tara Harvey
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
About Tara
Tara Harvey is an LPC-MHSP licensed in Tennessee, with 15 years of experience. Educational experience comes from the University of Tennessee, Lindsey Wilson College, and Berea College. Tara’s career has led her to a variety of mental health settings where she has practiced and taught in the therapeutic arena.
Tara believes that through therapy, the mind, body, and spirit can be balanced and the difficulties of the past, present, and future can be managed. Using a variety of therapeutic techniques, including but not limited to, CBT, DBT, Positive Psychology, and Person Centered therapy, Tara will work with you to find the therapeutic approach that best fits your needs and addresses your concerns. She specializes in adult and teen issues, interpersonal violence, trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, PTSD, personal life transitions, and men transitioning from incarceration.
Change begins from within and through the journey of therapy one can become their best self. Come see what that might look like for you! As Ghandi said “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
What Tara helps with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Tara works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Could not ask for better”
- “Kind and patient when listening to me.”
- “Dr. Harvey is very supportive and down to earth”
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- “Wonderful to talk too”
- “I’ve been seeing Dr. Harvey for two months now. I’m very pleased with every session and looking forward to continuing my journey with her!!”
- “Very easy to talk to”
- “Amazing and helpful. 12/10”
- “absolutely great to talk to”
- “I have only had a few sessions with Dr. T and she has already helped me so much. She is a wonderful listener and it blows me away how she can take my rambling jumbled thoughts and explain them to me in medical terms that really helps. Highly recommend.”
- “I’ve been seeing Dr. T for a little bit now. She is very kind and considerate of my feelings, even when they’re kind of out there. She gives really good advice and does very well at active listening. She always seems to know when to ask questions or when to just let me vent. Out of all the counselors I’ve ever seen in my life, she is one of the best.”
- “Dr. Harvey helped me on the first day of talking. She has given me tools that work very well. It isn't easy but they work. I believe she is an expert in the field. I feel very lucky to have been paired with her.”
- “A great and easy person to talk too”
- “Just a great , wonderful person to talk with makes you feel so comfortable.”
- “Dr. Harvey is a joy to work with. She is intelligent, open minded , and supportive of me during my self improvement journey. She encourages me to find new coping behaviors and strategies. I reccomend her highly.”
- “Dr T just makes it so easy to open up and talk and you feel comfortable with her immediately or atleast I did for sure.”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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