About Tarin
Tarin Bickford is a clinical social worker with thirty years of experience. She holds both an Iowa Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) credential and an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential. Tarin practices in Oregon and offers support in English, including work with international clients by remote formats.
Tarin uses straightforward conversation and practical tools. She listens first, then helps people name what matters most. Sessions focus on realistic steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
The goal is to reduce day-to-day overwhelm and build skills that fit the client’s life. Her background includes long experience with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and grief. She also supports people facing mood disorders, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, body image difficulties, chronic illness and disability, and questions around gender and identity.
Additional focus areas include hoarding, impulsivity, financial strain, and challenges tied to military service. Tarin draws on several common therapeutic approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-based methods, and a client-centered stance. She adapts methods to the person in front of her rather than following a single template.
Conversations with Tarin tend to be practical and paced to the client’s needs. She helps people set achievable goals, learn coping strategies, and track progress. Many clients use a mix of phone, video, and messaging to fit therapy into busy routines.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and stress levels. It often helps with anxiety, mood disorders, and coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for people who struggle with intense emotions and impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tarin will talk with each person about current problems, goals, and what feels most doable. Together they decide which strategies to try first and adjust the plan as real-life results come in.
Online formats make this collaborative work easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, and ongoing accountability. These options give practical flexibility so people can keep progress moving without large schedule disruptions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Iowa, Oregon, Washington
- Languages
- English