Therapist profile
Tara Boerner, LMFT
California LMFT - Family and parenting support
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Parenting strain
About Tara
Tara Boerner is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 16 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict, grief, and addiction. Her practice also addresses parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and mood-related challenges including bipolar disorder.
She focuses on practical conversations that help people notice what’s getting in the way of day-to-day functioning. Sessions tend to center on identifying strengths, clarifying what matters most, and trying small changes that reduce overwhelm. Tara emphasizes real-world steps rather than abstract theory.
Her background includes long-term work with people facing trauma and abuse, panic and post-traumatic stress symptoms, and problems with intimacy. She also helps people with caregiver stress, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. Work often combines attention to mood regulation and relationship patterns.
Tara approaches grief and loss in straightforward ways, helping a person make sense of what has changed and find manageable ways to remember and move forward. For parenting concerns she talks through strategies to reduce daily friction and preserve the parent’s own well-being.
Clients can expect a calm, plainspoken style that highlights strengths and practical problem solving. The therapist invites people to describe their story and then co-designs steps that feel doable. To begin, she asks for a short matching questionnaire and schedules an initial session to set goals together.
How sessions work
Evidence-informed approaches and how online sessions work
Many therapists use evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach is skill-based work for anxiety and mood regulation. This involves teaching practical tools to manage intense feelings, reduce panic symptoms, and steady mood swings so daily life feels more manageable.Another widely used method focuses on processing trauma and its effects on relationships. That kind of work helps a person understand how past events shape current reactions and then practices alternative responses in relationship situations or during stressors.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, current struggles, and preferences, and together they will decide which techniques to try. That collaborative decision-making helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful in everyday life.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Before booking, confirm which session types are offered. In general, online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce commuting time. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to practice new coping strategies between meeting times and to keep momentum during periods of heightened stress.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
California
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflict, grief, addiction, parenting strain, and mood concerns including bipolar disorder.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses plainspoken, practical conversations that identify strengths and try small changes to reduce daily overwhelm.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship and mood-related concerns.
What credential and location apply to this therapist?
She is an LMFT licensed in California.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule an initial session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.