About Tamara
Dr. Tamara Woods greets people with a practical and down-to-earth approach. She has 14 years as a licensed clinical social worker and more than 20 years working with families.
She helps adults and couples who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, or life transitions. She uses straightforward conversation and focused strategies rather than jargon. Sessions are designed to be supportive and nonjudgmental while also aiming for clear, achievable steps.
Background and approach
The goal is to help people feel understood and leave each session with something they can try between meetings. Her work draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, solution-focused techniques, motivational interviewing, and attachment-based ideas. That mix lets her tailor sessions to what each person needs most, whether that is changing unhelpful thoughts, rebuilding connection, or setting small goals.
Tamara emphasizes collaboration. She listens for what matters to each person and then builds a plan together. She also pays attention to practical issues like parenting pressures, career stress, caregiving strain, and changes that come with different life stages.
Based in North Carolina, she brings many years of real-world experience to common concerns such as anger, low self-esteem, midlife questions, and challenges tied to adoption or blended families. Tamara uses clear language and steady guidance to help people move forward when life feels overwhelming.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Many of her sessions draw on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and situations where small behavior changes can make daily life easier.She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead. That approach helps when someone needs a space to talk things through and feel heard before deciding on next steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. From there she tailors techniques so sessions match each person’s needs and pace in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls are good when visual connection matters, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can be useful for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options aim to make regular contact possible despite busy schedules or distance.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, North Carolina
- Languages
- English