Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Tammy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people handle stress, anger, anxiety, addictions, and relationship struggles. She also supports those facing grief, parenting challenges, career transitions, ADHD, and life changes. Tammy draws on 22 years of experience in California to offer steady, practical help.
Her early work included addiction counseling and managing an adolescent treatment center, giving her a strong background in substance-related concerns and crisis response.
Background and approach
Over the years she has worked with people facing depression, bipolar concerns, attachment and codependency issues, and survivors of trauma and abuse. She also supports people navigating divorce, blended family dynamics, and adoption or foster care matters. Tammy’s style is warm and interactive.
She listens closely and focuses on a person’s strengths while teaching skills to change unhelpful patterns. Sessions often include clear, doable strategies for coping with anger, improving communication, and managing worry or mood shifts. Her approach blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and emotionally-focused work.
That mix lets her tailor sessions to each person’s needs, using practical tools and helpful conversation rather than heavy jargon. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, tools to practice between visits, and a collaborative plan that matches goals and life demands. Tammy aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward more balance and hope.
What Tammy works with
Everything Tammy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tammy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tammy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand recurring trust and closeness issues and gives concrete ways to try new interaction habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change thinking and behavior that contribute to anger, anxiety, and low mood. It uses short experiments and homework to test new approaches between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps identify and work with core emotions that drive relationship problems and intimacy concerns, guiding people toward clearer emotional communication and connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tammy will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and life situation. She adapts techniques as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill refreshers, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep up momentum as progress is built.
Questions people ask about Tammy
What concerns does Tammy commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, relationship problems, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, focused on strengths and practical skills. Sessions emphasize clear steps people can try between meetings.
How much experience does she bring?
Tammy has 22 years of experience, including work as an addiction counselor and running an adolescent treatment center.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with the credential shown as CA LCSW.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to meet.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.