About Emily
Emily Tarantola is a Maryland-based counselor with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making change feel possible for worried parents and busy adults.
She uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused tools. That means conversations start with what matters most to the person and move toward small, achievable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions commonly include problem-solving, skill building, and moments that help recognize patterns that get in the way. Emily also draws on mindfulness and trauma-focused methods when needed. Mindfulness helps slow down intense feelings.
Trauma-focused work is used to gently address past hurts that still affect everyday life. She has worked with people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, caregiver burnout, loneliness, mood swings, and seasonal affective changes. Young adult issues and challenges around self-esteem and career shifts are common topics she supports.
The goal is steady progress through clear, usable strategies. Emily holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC. She offers sessions in Maryland and conducts work in English.
To begin, people are encouraged to match with a therapist and schedule a session based on availability.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on careful listening and tailoring conversations to what matters most to the person. In an online session this means building a strong, collaborative relationship so next steps feel relevant and doable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, homework, and tracking tools that fit into a person’s daily routine.
Mindfulness practices help people notice and tolerate difficult emotions without reacting. These skills are easy to teach over video or phone and can be practiced between sessions to reduce stress and improve focus.
Finding the right combination of approaches is a team effort. The therapist will work with the person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and needs, adjusting plans as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help make therapy fit into real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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