About Tamara
Tamara Phillips is a Florida licensed marriage and family therapist with three years of clinical experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, traumatic events, and dips in self-esteem. Her approach centers on listening first and then helping clients set clear, practical goals for change.
She aims to build a respectful and compassionate space for each person. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the client, so conversations and plans are individualized rather than one-size-fits-all.
Background and approach
Tamara encourages small, steady steps that add up to real change over time. In sessions she draws on evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s pace and priorities, and solution-focused strategies to identify immediate actions that can reduce stress and increase coping.
Trauma-focused work is offered when past events are affecting present life. Tamara helps people navigate life transitions like career shifts, postpartum adjustment, divorce, and caregiving strain. She also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, workplace stress, and social anxiety.
Practical topics such as communication skills, setting boundaries, and managing overwhelm are commonly part of the work. People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth style may find her approach a good fit. Tamara supports clients who want clear steps, honest conversation, and steady encouragement as they work toward calmer days and better self-understanding.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work means the therapist follows the client’s lead and focuses on the concerns the client brings. That approach supports people who need empathy, validation, and a steady listener as they sort things out.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change them. It is practical for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it focuses on skills you can use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice is a collaborative decision and can shift as the work progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging lets clients check in more frequently or use shorter touchpoints. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives and changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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