Tara Wagner

Tara Wagner is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing addictions, trauma, mood concerns, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Tara aims to treat each person with respect and compassion while shaping care around individual needs.

She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, medication-assisted treatment programs, and academic environments. That variety informs practical skills for addressing both substance-related and behavioral addictions. Tara often supports people managing depression, bipolar symptoms, personality-related concerns, and co-occurring disorders.

In sessions she tailors conversations and goals to each person. She uses Client-Centered methods to follow what matters most to the client and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps when someone wants to change thinking or behavior patterns, and solution-focused techniques support quick, practical steps.

Tara also helps with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, intimacy-related concerns, and challenges tied to kink and alternative sexual culture. She describes her core belief as recognizing each person’s inherent worth and value. That belief shapes how she listens and responds.

If you are dealing with grief, parenting strain, anger, or stress from life changes, Tara works to create a plan that fits your goals. She explains options, adjusts approach as needed, and focuses on usable strategies you can try between sessions.

How these approaches shape online work

Tara draws from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in practical ways. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person, helping people name priorities and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, or habit change.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Tara will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to focus on motivation, skills for thinking differently, or short-term solution steps and then adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life – for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or using sessions to practice skills between activities. Licensed professionals can use these methods to help clients apply new tools in everyday situations and track small changes over time.