About Our Therapists / Tara Sabol, LCPC. RYT
Tara Sabol, LCPC, RYT
she/her
Adolescent & Adult Therapy | In-Person & Virtual Therapy
Location:
Oak Park & Telehealth
Languages:
English
Ages:
12 and up
Populations:
Teens, Adults, LGBTQIA+
Insurances:
BCBS PPO, Aetna, Cigna, UHC, Medicare, & Self-Pay
About Tara:
Tara (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who completed her MA in Counseling from Northwestern University. Tara has extensive experience working with tweens, adolescents and adults and has worked in a variety of settings including partial and intensive outpatient hospitalization programs, private practice, and transitional living services. Before mental health counseling, Tara’s background was dance, which has influenced the principles she sees as contributing to wellness and the mind/body connection.
She centers her practice in psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and inner-child therapies, while leveraging tools from cognitive behavioral, solution focused, mindfulness-oriented approaches, and trauma informed therapies. She works with clients to build their capacity to uncover the deeper and more unconscious aspects of their experiences while listening to the innate wisdom of their inner voice that will never lead them in the wrong direction.
Tara has a deep understanding of the developmental stages that shape the teenage years and recognizes the significance of this developmental phase. She supports tweens and adolescents in helping them navigate issues including anxiety and related disorders, depression, ADHD, gender and sexual identity issues, self-esteem, the transition to high school and college, family conflict, stress management, and friendship/interpersonal relationship issues. Her passion extends beyond addressing challenges; it is her hope to empower teens to help them thrive. Tara makes a deliberate choice to use her outgoing, sassy, and witty personality to make therapy a place where teens can feel at ease.
Tara is also passionate about working with college aged individuals and adults seeking relief from anxiety and mood disorders, depression, self-esteem issues, grief/loss, developmental & relational trauma, and healing from attachment wounds and childhood trauma where individuals have navigated a history of unmet needs and frustrating attempts to get them met. She also works with people who identify as highly sensitive, calling upon the notion that “sensitivity is a gift and channeling it is a skill.” She values a collaborative and relational approach to therapy as she believes wholeheartedly a client’s voice within their therapy experience is essential to feeling truly seen, heard, and safe in the therapeutic process.
As Tara is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), she has a strong interest in the principles and effectiveness of mindfulness, meditation and yogic practices to guide clients toward managing stress, fostering a profound sense of body awareness, and regulating emotional states and nervous system activation. Yoga offers fundamental tools that offer direct pathways towards managing our energetic and emotional states, and it is Tara’s hope to empower individuals to believe they already possess everything they need to live in meaningful and purposeful ways.
In her spare time, Tara loves to teach and practice yoga, cozy up with her cats, Chai and Macchi, and find new coffee blends to sip and savor.
“I believe real change and transformation happen through feeling heard, understood, and being unconditionally accepted by another. We all do the things we do for a reason and it is my aim as a therapist to guide, support, and empower you in making sense of those things and making lasting changes that bring you closer to the life you wish to live.”
Areas Of Focus
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Mood Disorders
Trauma & PTSD
School, Life & Family Transitions
Grief & Loss
Stress Management
Treatment Approaches
✓ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
✓ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
✓ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
✓ Emotional Regulation & Somatic Awareness
