Tamara Thompson
Compassionate support for overwhelmed caregivers
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Tamara
Tamara Thompson greets parents and caregivers who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or unsure about next steps. She aims to make conversations simple and direct. Tamara uses plain language so worries make sense and options become clearer.
Tamara is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 28 years of experience. She creates a non-judgmental space where people can talk about stress, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and concerns tied to parenting and family life.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most and helps people set small, doable goals. In sessions she combines practical skills with steady support. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation when feelings feel intense. Tamara has worked across clinical settings for many years and brings that breadth into every session. She pays attention to relationship patterns, attachment concerns, and issues that come up from adoption, foster care, or blended family situations.
She also addresses challenges like ADHD, addictions, anger, and low self-esteem. People appreciate straightforward plans and action steps they can use between meetings. Tamara helps people practice communication, set boundaries, and manage caregiver stress.
Her goal is to help clients gain tools that fit real life, one step at a time.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on your goals and values. The therapist listens closely and follows what you say matters most, helping you set steps that feel right for your life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches simple strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamara will talk with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed. Online sessions offer flexibility for busy caregivers. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work when screens are impractical, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins and skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to get regular support without long commutes or scheduling barriers.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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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