Tara High

Tara High is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and feeling stuck. She writes in plain, practical ways and aims to help people find usable tools for everyday life.

She brings ten years of counseling experience and draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. Tara uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, Client-Centered methods, and relationship work influenced by the Gottman approach. She blends these methods to build practical skills rather than relying on talk alone.

Tara often helps people manage emotions like anger, grief, shame, and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with addiction, bipolar mood concerns, sleep and eating issues, and life transitions such as divorce or major health changes. Intellectual disability is listed among her additional focus areas and she includes chronic illness and disability concerns in her work.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She aims to create space for honest talk and then move toward clear, doable strategies. Tara says values work matters - helping people notice what matters most and take small steps toward it.

Outside of counseling she is a single mom who enjoys being outdoors, rock hunting, and spicy food. She communicates in English and French and responds to messages on weekdays with consistent boundaries around work and family time.

Approaches You Can Use in Online Therapy

Tara often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to guide her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life even when feelings are hard. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the persons perspective and uses empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help people understand themselves better. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective responses for problems like anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying strategies together, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress and challenges emerge.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and use brief check-ins when life gets hectic. It can also allow for flexible scheduling that matches school or work breaks and lets people keep therapy consistent across life changes.