Tamar Kaplan (she/her)

My Approach to Helping

My style can be summarized as a gentle cheerleader. I work to create a therapy experience that includes warmth, encouragement, and moments of humor (who says therapy has to be serious or scary?) where you will never feel judged. I use different therapy styles and often incorporate tangible skills that you can start using right away. I also believe that therapy is not just for when things have reached crisis-level bad. Therapy can be for getting help navigating smaller life bumps as well as learning strategies to manage daily stressors. Therapy can also be a place to celebrate positive moments too. If we're used to things going wrong, it can feel uncomfortable when they go right. I'm here to validate that and help you to feel more comfortable in processing your joyous moments just as much as your moments of distress.

My Values as a Therapist

My number one value as a therapist is to make people feel seen, safe, and supported. Every person that walks into (or more accurately, signs into) a session with me brings their own unique identity, story, and perspective, and I make sure that is honored in the therapy space. I don't believe in using a cookie cutter approach and I don't pretend to have all the answers. Instead, I acknowledge that you are the expert on your own life and I work WITH you to make small, doable changes that fit you so that you experience less distress day-to-day and instead live more authentically in line with your values. I also believe that therapy doesn't have to be serious and heavy all the time! It's just as okay to laugh in a therapy session as it is to cry. As a therapist, I strive to create a space where people feel comfortable to do both.