Emily Tarantola

Emily Tarantola is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, relationship struggles, grief, and life transitions. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people find practical ways to cope and move forward.

Emily draws on client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and solution-focused methods. She places a lot of weight on building a trusting relationship first. From there she helps clients set clear, manageable goals and tries out small changes that can make daily life easier.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, caregiver stress, communication and family problems, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, and seasonal affective disorder. Emily also supports people exploring identity and LGBT-related concerns and young adult issues.

Sessions emphasize skills you can use between meetings, such as noticing patterns, trying new reactions, and practical problem solving. Mindfulness techniques are used when they fit the person’s needs to reduce reactivity and increase focus. Emily encourages a collaborative plan so work in therapy matches each person’s goals and pace.

Emily practices in Maryland and holds an LCPC credential. She conducts sessions in English and asks people to complete a short questionnaire to begin the matching process before scheduling.

Therapeutic approaches for online work and what they do

Emily often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding. CBT is goal oriented and usually focuses on small, practical changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, and low mood.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means she listens closely and shapes sessions around each person’s needs. This approach helps build trust and keeps the work grounded in what matters to the client.

Mindfulness techniques are added when useful to help reduce reactivity and increase focus. These are short, practiceable skills people can use between sessions to calm intense feelings and stay present.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work together with the client to pick methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and schedule. Plans may change as progress is made and new needs appear.

Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and reduce travel time. Therapists can still teach skills, coach through difficult moments, and set homework that fits everyday life.