About Tammy
Dr. Tammy Sutterfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience who helps people coping with anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and life changes. She works with adults facing relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction and process addiction, LGBT and women's issues, and complex medical or caregiving stress.
Tammy brings an open, straightforward style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She studied clinical psychology and behavioral health through undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs.
Background and approach
Her background also includes clinical work related to sex therapy and alternative adult relationships, informed by training through the Modern Sex Therapy Institute. Tammy holds LPC licensure in Colorado and Texas and uses that foundation to guide care in a compassionate way. In sessions she draws from several evidence-informed methods.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand patterns in close relationships. She applies Attachment-Based ideas to spot how early bonds affect adult reactions. She also uses EMDR for processing past trauma alongside mindfulness practices to reduce anxiety symptoms in the moment.
Tammy tends to blend techniques to match each person's needs and goals. She explains options, listens for what matters most, and helps people plan next steps that fit daily life. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at steady, manageable progress.
People who prefer flexible scheduling can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Tammy works from Colorado and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current emotional responses and connection patterns. Online sessions using this approach focus on identifying those patterns and trying new ways of relating during conversations to reduce anxiety in close relationships.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name the feelings that drive patterns in relationships. In virtual or phone sessions EFT can be used to practice new emotional responses and rehearse different ways of asking for support or setting boundaries.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process traumatic memories that continue to cause distress. When done online, EMDR protocols are adapted for remote formats and combined with grounding and mindfulness tools to manage emotional intensity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they choose and adjust methods so the plan fits the client's life and needs.
Online sessions offer flexible options: video for face-to-face conversation, phone for lower bandwidth, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, medical appointments, and travel while still using attachment, EFT, EMDR, and mindfulness tools.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Texas, Washington
- Languages
- English
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