- Career and life changes
- Stress and anxiety
- Practical coping skills
About Tamara
Tamara Christman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Tamara focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions and keeps the work straightforward and compassionate.
She helps people who are wrestling with relationship concerns, career shifts, grief, trauma, and body image worries. Sessions often center on understanding patterns, building coping skills, and making small changes that add up over time. Tamara uses methods that encourage present-moment awareness and clearer communication.
Clients describe the therapy space as warm and nonjudgmental, where they can talk through difficult feelings and learn new habits. Tamara emphasizes collaboration - she listens first, then offers tools matched to each person’s goals. The aim is to increase resilience and day-to-day functioning rather than quick fixes.
Her work also covers issues like parenting strain, compassion fatigue, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, and co-occurring problems. She supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, anger, and eating or body image struggles. Practical skill-building is paired with deeper attention to personal history when that helps.
Tamara practices in Virginia and frames therapy as a joint process. She encourages people to try approaches that fit their life and to adjust the plan as they go. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session to see if the fit feels right.
She helps people who are wrestling with relationship concerns, career shifts, grief, trauma, and body image worries. Sessions often center on understanding patterns, building coping skills, and making small changes that add up over time. Tamara uses methods that encourage present-moment awareness and clearer communication.
Clients describe the therapy space as warm and nonjudgmental, where they can talk through difficult feelings and learn new habits. Tamara emphasizes collaboration - she listens first, then offers tools matched to each person’s goals. The aim is to increase resilience and day-to-day functioning rather than quick fixes.
Her work also covers issues like parenting strain, compassion fatigue, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, and co-occurring problems. She supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, anger, and eating or body image struggles. Practical skill-building is paired with deeper attention to personal history when that helps.
Tamara practices in Virginia and frames therapy as a joint process. She encourages people to try approaches that fit their life and to adjust the plan as they go. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session to see if the fit feels right.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
22+ years
Credentials
Virginia
Languages
English
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where choices feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete strategies to change patterns that fuel depression or worry.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamara will listen to your concerns and goals, then suggest methods that might fit. Together you can try approaches and adjust them based on what helps most in everyday life.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and avoid travel time. It can also help people access continuity of care during big life changes. Ask about session length and setup when you schedule to match therapy to your routine.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, career transition, grief, trauma and related concerns like body image and parenting strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and compassionate with clear, practical steps. Sessions focus on skill-building, pattern awareness, and goals the client sets.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 22 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
Where does she practice and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Virginia and holds the LPC credential noted as VA LPC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.