Tara Waldman(She/Her/Hers)

Tara Waldman, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist who works with adults (18-65), with a primary focus on Gen Z and millennials- including college students and workplace professionals. She specializes in improving communication skills, reducing anxiety, and navigating transitions with greater self-confidence. Tara's clinical focus includes assertiveness training, perfectionism, identity development, and relationship support. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and encouraging. Tara brings humor, empathy, and lived experience into the room, creating a space where clients can feel safe exploring self-doubt while learning the tools to move forward.

Tara's therapy style is integrative and highly personalized. She blends psychodynamic insight (identifying recurrent themes) with solution-focused interventions (actionable changes) to help clients process emotions, build assertiveness and create long-term change.

​Tara earned her Master’s in Social Work from Yeshiva University and has experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples from diverse backgrounds. Before becoming a therapist, Tara worked in advertising in NYC, which has given her a deep empathy for clients navigating high-pressure careers and personal reinvention. Tara's lived experiences influenced the name of her practice, Authentic Bloom Therapy, which signifies: “Like flowers, we each bloom in our own authentic way.” Her therapy space is direct, client centered, emotionally safe, and action-oriented — focused on helping clients feel more grounded, empowered, and connected.