About Tamela
Tamela Stull-Drugan is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 22 years of experience in substance abuse and mental health to conversations about coping, relationships, and recovery. Tamela writes short, focused plans so people can take practical next steps toward feeling better.
She listens without judgment and treats people with dignity and respect. Sessions are shaped to each person's needs so goals and pacing match real life.
Background and approach
Tamela emphasizes honesty and small changes that add up over time. Her work includes supporting people who face addiction, depression, grief, trauma and anger. She also helps with self-esteem, workplace stress, parenting strains, and navigating major life changes.
Practical skills for managing mood and preventing relapse are part of the conversation when they fit the client's goals. Tamela uses approaches that center the client's perspective and build useful habits. She blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness therapies.
Solution-focused tools are used when people want brief, goal-directed work. Sessions aim to be straightforward and usable. Tamela helps people translate insight into action, whether that means changing daily routines, improving communication, or learning coping skills.
Her style is collaborative and grounded in everyday concerns.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people set goals based on their own values and needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change them, which can help with anxiety, mood, and stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tamela will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. Together they adjust the plan over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging allows short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives while working with licensed professionals who guide skills practice and goal progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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