Tarrah Grady
Practical, compassionate therapy with CBT focus
LCSW Missouri
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Tarrah
Tarrah Grady brings a cognitive behavioral therapy-informed approach to clinical work while integrating several complementary modalities to address complex concerns.
Background and approach
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with 17 years of experience across hospitals, clinics, inpatient addiction treatment, correctional settings, schools, and suicide intervention organizations. Tarrah blends practical skills training with compassion to help clients manage anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, trauma, and a wide range of life stressors.
Her background includes counseling individuals and couples, leading groups, and providing crisis intervention, with additional focus areas that span attachment and adoption-related issues, caregiver stress, body image, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and more. Trained in multiple evidence-informed methods such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, and client-centered techniques, she adapts interventions to suit each person’s goals and circumstances.
Tarrah emphasizes a warm, engaging, and interactive style, offering respectful, nonjudgmental partnership to help clients take steps toward meaningful change and improved coping.
Online Therapy Using CBT and Trauma-Informed Methods
Tarrah frequently combines cognitive behavioral therapy with trauma-focused and acceptance-based techniques to address emotional and behavioral concerns. CBT focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building practical skills to change behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity, which can be helpful for trauma and abuse-related symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values-driven action and mindful acceptance of difficult experiences, supporting people who struggle with avoidance, chronic stress, or persistent worries.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will discuss how different methods might fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan over time. Clients are invited to explore options together and move at a pace that feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it possible to receive ongoing support while juggling work, family, or geographic constraints, and allow Tarrah to deliver skills-based interventions, trauma therapy, and supportive counseling in ways that match each client's routine and comfort.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English