Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Tamara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- West Virginia
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tamara
Tamara Banks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works in West Virginia and speaks English. Tamara aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.
She draws on client-centered approaches to listen to each person's story and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and solution-focused work are common tools she uses to help clients change thinking patterns and build manageable habits.
Background and approach
Trauma-focused methods are available when past hurt keeps showing up in day-to-day life. Tamara has long experience in school and community settings and brings that practical background into sessions. She often helps with parenting challenges, grief, addictions, self-esteem, and career transitions.
Anger and coping with life changes are part of her regular focus areas. Sessions are shaped to fit the individual. Tamara asks straightforward questions and suggests concrete steps people can try between meetings.
She believes finding the right match between therapist and client matters as much as technique. If someone decides to begin, she works with them to set appointment times that fit their schedule. The work tends to center on small, achievable changes and clearer ways to handle intense emotions like anger and anxiety.
What Tamara works with
Everything Tamara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tamara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tamara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people name what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk through anger, grief, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In short, it helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes to test new outcomes. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and anger management because it gives concrete tools to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Tamara will work with each person to pick or blend methods based on their goals, current challenges, and what feels most comfortable. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit into a short break, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Tamara
What concerns does Tamara help with?
Tamara works with people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, eating concerns, bipolar mood issues, and career changes.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses client-centered listening combined with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused techniques, and she also offers trauma-focused methods when past trauma is affecting daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working in counseling roles and school settings, bringing long-term practical experience to sessions.
Where is Tamara based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in West Virginia and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with practice experience in the state.
Which languages and international client options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and routines.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.