Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Tamara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Georgia, North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tamara
Dr. Tamara Woods helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or burned out. She offers a calm, steady presence for adults trying to manage stress, anger, relationship strain, or big life changes.
Dr. Woods is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of professional experience and a broader two-decade background working with families. She holds the credential LCSW and the CSW designation.
Her work centers on listening first and then building practical steps together.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is coping with depression or anxiety, navigating grief, addressing addictions, improving intimacy, or tackling career concerns. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment questions, caregiver stress, and midlife transitions. Dr.
Woods combines several proven approaches to fit each persons needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different actions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding the client's perspective and working at their pace.
Solution-Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing help set clear goals and build motivation for change. She aims to create straightforward plans that fit daily life. That might look like short exercises between sessions, communication strategies to try at home, or small steps to manage anger and impulse.
The focus is on usable tools, not jargon. Dr. Woods practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English.
She works with adults and with couples and visits common concerns such as family problems, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and self-esteem struggles. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, tailored to each person's situation.
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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Tamara lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Combining proven approaches in online care
Dr. Woods commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help clients make clear, practical changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to shift mood and reactions, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers on understanding each person's experience and pacing the work to match their readiness, which helps people feel heard and build confidence.She approaches treatment as a collaborative process. Together the client and therapist assess what is most pressing, try a few approaches, and choose what fits best over time. Goals, preferences, and daily life needs guide which techniques are emphasized and when to adjust the plan.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is well suited for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls require less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports short updates or exercises between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy weeks while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Tamara
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Dr. Woods works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, parenting challenges, career transitions, and life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and uses brief exercises and communication strategies clients can try between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 14 years as a licensed clinical social worker and over 20 years working with families in various roles, giving her broad experience with relationship and family-related concerns.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practices in North Carolina and holds the LCSW and CSW credentials, with licensure listed for NC and GA as LCSW in those states.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people living outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.