About Tamara
Tamara Blau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and the strains of parenting. She works with individuals facing life changes, grief, trauma, relationship concerns, and addiction. Tamara aims to create a calm, supportive space where practical steps and clear goals guide each session.
She uses a client-centered style that focuses on the person’s strengths and priorities. Tamara also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing help people stay focused and find reasons to change. Tamara trained at Case Western Reserve University, earning a Master of Science in Social Administration. She has about ten years of clinical practice and more than a decade working in public social services and schools.
Those years include experience with middle school youth and families, and with issues such as behavior problems and parenting stress. In session she sets short-term and long-term goals with each person. Sessions emphasize skill-building, practical strategies, and straightforward feedback.
The approach is nonjudgmental and compassionate, while keeping the work focused on solutions. Her licenses include Virginia LCSW 0904010019 and Ohio LISW I.0008186-SUPV. Tamara offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based options, and she conducts sessions in English for people located in Virginia.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s needs and strengths. Sessions look at what matters to the client and set goals together to guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches different behaviors and coping skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic.Tamara treats choosing an approach as a collaborative process. She will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then try strategies that match those priorities. Adjustments are made along the way based on how the work is going.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people keep visual connection for longer sessions. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a shorter interaction fits a busy day.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules. Licensed professionals can use the different formats to teach skills, track progress, and help people build routines that stick.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Virginia
- Languages
- English