About Taryn
Taryn Crockerham is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She brings 17 years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma and parenting.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening and helping people find practical ways forward. In the therapy room she makes space for people to talk without feeling judged.
Conversations are direct but compassionate, aimed at understanding what matters most right now. She helps people break problems into manageable steps and find tools they can use between sessions.
Taryn uses several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. Client-Centered Therapy helps clients lead the conversation and find their own answers.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking patterns and supports behavior change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships.
She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify their goals and Narrative Therapy to reframe difficult stories. Those methods are used flexibly depending on what a person wants to work on and how they respond in sessions.
Taryn is experienced supporting a range of related concerns such as postpartum depression, obsessions and compulsions, multicultural and immigration issues, aging and geriatric topics, prejudice and discrimination, polyamory and young adult issues. Sessions are offered in English and scheduled to fit each person’s needs.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pace. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows what the client brings up so sessions feel guided by the client’s priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT typically includes practical exercises and thought records to use between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through concrete tools like mindfulness and distress tolerance.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit each person’s goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging allow for flexible, ongoing support between appointments. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, parenting, or other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Depression
- Immigration issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English