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Online therapist

Tamara Sinclair

Warm, practical counseling for everyday challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Tamara

Tamara Sinclair is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin. She uses a warm, client-centered style that helps people talk through problems and build practical plans. Her manner is respectful and straightforward, aimed at making conversations feel manageable for busy parents and caregivers.

She brings five years of counseling experience to sessions. Tamara has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addiction, and stress. She also supports those dealing with trauma, abuse, HIV/AIDS, and life changes like midlife transitions or career shifts.

Background and approach

Tamara has a particular interest in issues around relationships and intimacy. She addresses concerns related to LGBT identity, gender dysphoria, communication problems, commitment worries, and intimacy-related struggles. Additional areas she works with include parenting and blended family challenges, fatherhood issues, caregiver stress, and financial or career difficulties.

Her toolbox includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, client-centered therapy, and solution-focused strategies. Tamara adapts methods to each person’s needs and focuses on what will help most in day-to-day life. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with sensitivity and respect.

Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled through an online matching process. Fees vary by location and availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule according to her availability.

Practical approaches for online family and relationship work

Tamara commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in her online practice. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills and short practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during parenting or relationship challenges.

She also draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas, keeping the conversation focused on what the person wants to change now. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then adjust methods as work progresses.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for parents and busy people. These options make it easier to fit therapy into tight schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use brief check-ins between longer sessions when needed.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Tamara works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and interactive with a focus on the client. She combines listening with practical techniques so conversations lead to usable steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of counseling experience and applies that background to support people through emotional, relational, and life transition issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - with the Wisconsin license number WI LPC 8222-125 and practices from Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost 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?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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