About Tammi
Tammi Hawkes-August is a California licensed professional counselor with six years of experience. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Tammi emphasizes the strengths each person already has and works alongside them to build on those strengths.
She helps people who are dealing with stress and anxiety, and those facing depression or low self-esteem. Tammi also supports people coping with addictions and with the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Her work touches on motivation, confidence, and finding direction when life feels stuck. In sessions she aims for clarity and simple tools that can be used between meetings. Tammi listens for what is working and what gets in the way, then helps create small, doable changes.
She keeps language direct and avoids clinical jargon so people can focus on progress. She also addresses related concerns like chronic pain, illness and disability, workplace stress, isolation, and communication problems. Tammi pays attention to life purpose, forgiveness, and self-love as part of healing and growth.
Her approach centers on collaboration and practical problem solving. People who want straightforward guidance and relatable strategies tend to find her style helpful. She frames therapy as a partnership that honors each person’s story and moves toward clearer goals.
Tammi offers sessions that match the pace and needs of the individual.
Practical approaches and online access
Tammi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and problem-solving. One common approach emphasizes behavior change and coping skills to reduce anxiety and stress; it teaches specific actions and thought patterns people can practice between sessions to feel steadier. Another approach centers on processing trauma and its effects in manageable steps so people can lessen symptoms and reclaim everyday functioning.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, current challenges, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try approaches that fit the person’s needs and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation when that’s helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, more frequent touchpoints for coaching, checking progress, or handling moments that come up between longer sessions.
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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