- CBT techniques
- Motivational interviewing
- Mindfulness skills
About Tarsha
Tarsha Banks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and common life challenges such as career strain and parenting stress. Tarsha uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions and focuses on helping people manage emotions and day-to-day problems.
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and build understanding of what matters most to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing helps when making difficult changes feels overwhelming, and Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set small, doable goals.
Tarsha has worked across many settings, including correctional environments and services for people with physical or intellectual disabilities. She has experience with substance use concerns, self-harm assessments, and crisis evaluations, and has worked with parents of school-aged children. This range gives practical perspective when anger appears alongside mood or stress problems.
Sessions tend to focus on skills you can use quickly: communication techniques, impulse management, coping strategies for frustration, and clear steps toward problems you want to change. She can talk through grief, workplace issues, and the strain from family or relationship conflict.
Tarsha emphasizes collaboration. She helps outline an approach based on the person’s goals and what has worked or not worked before. If you want to manage anger, reduce blow-ups, or handle someone else’s volatile behavior, she can help you plan concrete next steps.
How Tarsha applies common approaches in online sessions
Tarsha often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. CBT helps people identify thought patterns that increase anger or anxiety and then test new ways of thinking and behaving. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what the person values so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help when someone feels stuck about change. That approach looks at a person’s own reasons for wanting change and builds small steps that feel doable. Together these methods can address anger linked to stress, workplace issues, relationship strain, or parenting pressures.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Tarsha works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. The plan can include short skill-focused exercises, communication practice, and measurable steps to reduce reactive responses.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm which session types are currently offered before you book. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow quicker check-ins between appointments, and reduce travel time so therapy stays practical for everyday life.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting problems. Anger is listed among the common concerns she helps people manage.
Which therapeutic styles does she use?
Her work draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Sessions often blend these approaches to match the problem at hand.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience providing counseling in a range of settings, including work with people who have disabilities and those in correctional settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices in Florida as a Florida LMHC.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.