Meet Dr. Tara
Therapy for adults who are used to handling everything on their own
You’re the one everyone relies on. You show up for your career, your family, and the people who need you. From the outside, you look fine.
That doesn’t mean you feel okay.
Dr. Tara works with adults who are capable and driven but privately struggling — with anxiety, overthinking, ADHD and executive-function challenges, relationship patterns, or the exhaustion of always being “on.”
You don’t need to be in crisis to begin therapy. You don’t need to have it figured out first. Dr. Tara Thompson, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
How I Work
Insight and action, tailored to you
Dr. Tara’s approach is warm, practical, and integrative. She draws from CBT, ACT, psychodynamic therapy, and skills-based strategies, tailoring treatment to you rather than following a single formula.
Sometimes therapy focuses on what’s happening right now — building tools to help you function differently. Other times, it involves looking at where patterns started: beliefs about worth, control, safety, or responsibility that may have been shaped early on.
She doesn’t believe everything needs a trauma label, and she doesn’t believe endless excavation is automatically healing. The goal is insight and action — understanding why you respond the way you do and building a different way forward.
Background
Clinical training grounded in real life
- PsyD & M.A., Clinical Psychology — The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- B.A., Communications, Psychology minor — Loyola University Chicago (studied abroad in Rome)
- Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C)
- Gottman Level 1 Training
- 24-Hour ACT Immersion Training with Steven C. Hayes
- Training in psychodynamic, Adlerian, DBT informed approaches
Much of Dr. Tara’s career has focused on high‑functioning adults who look fine on paper but are running on empty underneath — including high‑level professionals and collaboration with physicians around anxiety, stress, and complex mental health concerns. Her early work in Chicago’s Loop involved supporting executives, attorneys, financial professionals, and medical staff, and coordinating care with Northwestern primary care physicians to ensure integrated treatment for patients navigating demanding careers and chronic stress. After moving to South Florida, her clinical work expanded to include relationship concerns, identity shifts, and major life transitions. Now based in North Texas, Dr. Tara continues this work with individuals balancing careers, family responsibilities, and the quiet exhaustion that comes from always being the steady one. Her Frisco–McKinney practice reflects the same integrative, practical approach she’s known for — helping capable adults understand their patterns, reduce overwhelm, and build a life that feels more sustainable.
Maternal Mental Health
Specialized support through motherhood’s biggest shifts
Becoming a mother changed how Dr. Tara practices. She learned firsthand that postpartum anxiety and OCD can look very different from the “baby blues” people expect. That experience led her to pursue specialized training and PMH-C certification in maternal mental health.
She now works with women through pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and the identity shifts that come with motherhood.
Beyond the Office
The quieter things matter, too
Dr. Tara is a foodie, an avid cook, and a lover of a good puzzle — mahjong included. She finds joy in quieter things: exploring a new part of town, watching clouds move, and playing hide-and-seek with her dogs.
Most of all, she’s a mom watching her teenagers become who they are — a daily reminder of how quickly the ordinary moments become the ones that matter.
Ready to Start?
You don’t need to have everything figured out first.
We can start with where you are. Based in Frisco, Texas — serving clients virtually across the country.