About Tamara
Tamara Coleman is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Tamara aims to make the first step feel less daunting and more manageable.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s hard. Sessions are conversational and focused on the issues you bring. Tamara listens for patterns and offers simple strategies to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Her style blends client-centered care with techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and build skills for handling strong emotions. She also uses emotionally-focused and existential ideas to help clients find meaning and stronger connections to their values.
With three years of professional experience and an LCSW credential, Tamara practices in Virginia. She pays attention to life transitions, grief, trauma, relationship concerns, LGBT issues, ADHD, and other areas listed in her specialties. Tamara also works with people dealing with postpartum concerns, military-related issues, personality challenges, and intellectual disability related needs.
Sessions are aimed at practical progress rather than labels. Tamara supports people who want to feel steadier, gain tools for coping, and make clearer choices about their next steps.
Approaches that fit online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences. The therapist listens deeply and helps people name what matters to them, which is useful for anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem struggles.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. It is practical and problem-focused, often used for anxiety, mood changes, and coping with life transitions.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving emotional regulation. It is helpful when strong reactions or ongoing stress make daily life harder.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean starting with skill-building, shifting to deeper emotional work, or combining approaches over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick support, brief skill practice, and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different formats as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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