About Tammi
Tammi Rider uses client-centered work as a starting point. She meets each person where they are and helps them find practical steps forward for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship struggles. Tammi is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in Louisiana with three decades of experience in mental health care.
She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, independent practice, schools, home health, and hospice. That variety shaped a practical style focused on everyday solutions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear tools clients can try between meetings to manage emotions and behavior. Tammi draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses mindfulness practices to teach calm, and existential and Jungian perspectives to explore meaning and inner patterns when needed.
These approaches are mixed to fit what each person prefers. Her work covers many concerns, including parenting stress, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy and sexual issues, eating concerns, career stress, compassion fatigue, and attention difficulties like ADHD. She also supports people navigating LGBT matters and family-related stress while keeping the focus on the individual’s goals.
Tammi aims to empower people with information and hands-on coping skills. Conversations are straightforward and personal. The goal is growth that fits daily life and lasts beyond the sessions.
Therapeutic approaches applied in online sessions
Tammi commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness strategies during online therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to each person’s unique needs to build trust and direction. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing skills to decrease stress and improve emotional regulation.Choosing an approach is collaborative. Tammi will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to focus on practical CBT tools, mindfulness routines, or a deeper exploration of meaning and patterns, and they adjust methods as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different lives and schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders or brief reflections between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel demands while keeping the therapeutic process consistent.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English