About Tamara
Tamara Coleman offers support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. She also helps with ADHD, bipolar concerns, anger, career stress, and LGBT-related issues. Tamara is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia and brings three years of clinical experience to her work.
She keeps sessions straightforward and focused. Conversations are guided by what matters most to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Tamara aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can name their problems and try practical steps to feel better. Her approach mixes listening with teachable skills. She uses client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills to manage strong emotions and urges. Tamara believes therapy should connect to everyday life. Sessions often include small experiments, new ways to cope, and clear goals to track progress.
She helps people practice skills between meetings so change carries into daily routines. Her background includes working with a range of concerns, including issues linked to intellectual disability, veteran and armed forces matters, personality disorders, postpartum depression, sexual assault and abuse, somatization, and young adult challenges.
Tamara offers care in English and is licensed in Virginia as LCSW (VA LCSW 0904012108; MS LCSW C-10044).
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. It creates space for someone to tell their story and set the pace for change, which works well in conversation-based online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress and adapts well to exercises done between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling conflict. DBT tools can be practiced in short moments during the week and reviewed in online meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people keep face-to-face interaction without travel. Phone sessions are helpful when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or a low-key way to stay connected between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Mississippi
- Languages
- English