About Tara
Tara Fulton-Butzlaff is a licensed clinical social worker in Mississippi who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, addiction, career strain, compassion fatigue, and intimacy concerns. Her tone is direct and practical, aimed at someone taking early steps toward change.
Tara creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels hard. Sessions focus on concrete steps and realistic goals.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with each person to try new ways of responding. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood, coping, and relationship patterns. Tara aims to help people build skills they can use between sessions.
She emphasizes practical tools that fit day-to-day life rather than long theoretical talks. With sixteen years of experience, Tara has worked across a range of concerns, including family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, jealousy, and financial stress. She pays attention to how stress shows up at work and at home, and helps people map a plan for change.
People who meet with Tara can expect straightforward conversation, clear goals, and steps to try between appointments. She supports LGBT concerns and young adult issues, and addresses seasonal mood changes and prejudice-related stress when they come up. The focus is on steady progress and practical coping skills.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Tara draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for managing anxiety and stress - people learn breathing strategies, activity planning, and simple routines that reduce overwhelm and improve mood. Another approach looks at relationship patterns and communication - it helps people spot repeating cycles, change unhelpful reactions, and try different ways of connecting that feel safer and clearer.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tara will talk through your goals and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together you can try an approach, adjust it, or combine techniques so the work fits your needs and pace.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to keep therapy working for daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more nuance is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can feel simpler for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get brief reflections or homework support between meetings. These options help fit care around work, family, and travel while keeping ongoing momentum.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English