Tara Porphy , LPC

Tara Porphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. As an LPC she has received graduate-level training and clinical supervision to provide counseling and therapeutic services. Tara has worked across diverse settings - including in clients' homes, office environments, residential treatment programs, and via telehealth - and she has supported people across the lifespan, from young children to older adults.

Her clinical background includes work in a dual-diagnosis residential program supporting men with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions, where she led groups and provided individual and family counseling while also assisting family members. She has applied motivational interviewing and psychoeducation when working with individuals in recovery and their families, and she approaches addiction as a family disease, offering services to all who are affected.

Tara has extensive experience treating anxiety, panic disorders, depression, trauma, self-harm, and working with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism. She has worked with at-risk children, adolescents, and their families in home-based settings, providing both family-focused interventions and parent-centered support to address parenting challenges that impact mental health.

Her therapeutic style is flexible and eclectic, drawing on methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to tailor care to each person’s needs. She works with individuals and families on issues including stress, relationships, parenting, grief, ADHD, sleep difficulties, addictions, anger, and coping with life changes, and she seeks to create a collaborative path toward improved functioning and well-being.