Tarrah Grady, LCSW

Tarrah Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Missouri with 17 years of clinical experience. She brings a practical, straightforward style to sessions and focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and depression. Her approach is warm and interactive, and she aims to help people take manageable steps toward their goals.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered methods. Those tools are used to notice unhelpful thoughts, build new coping skills, and clarify personal values. Tarrah also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma when appropriate.

Her background includes work in hospitals, clinics, inpatient addiction treatment, prisons, schools, and suicide intervention organizations. That range of settings has shaped a flexible practice that fits different life situations. She has experience counseling individuals and couples, leading groups, and providing crisis intervention.

Tarrah earned a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Central Missouri and a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. She holds an LCSW in Missouri. She approaches each person without judgment and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.

People who choose her often want clear tools to manage mood, improve relationships, address trauma, or cope with major life changes. Sessions emphasize skills, values, and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How evidence-based therapies work online

Tarrah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and homework that can fit into daily life, which works well in remote sessions.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values. ACT is often useful for managing anxiety, depression, and long-term life changes. Client-centered therapy is another part of her work, where the therapist listens closely and helps guide the client's own problem solving.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tarrah will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adjust methods over time. Together they choose tools and practices that match the client's situation and rhythm.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while still using CBT, ACT, DBT skills, or EMDR-informed work when appropriate.