Tammi Rider
Compassionate, practical therapy for real-life challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Tammi
Tammi Rider is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She uses a practical, down-to-earth style to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, parenting worries, and other life challenges. She meets clients where they are and focuses on clear steps that can make daily life more manageable.
She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, schools, home health, hospice, and independent practice. That broad background means she can draw on many kinds of experience when a situation feels confusing or overwhelming.
Background and approach
She listens first and then offers concrete tools and strategies that fit the person in front of her. Tammi mixes several proven approaches in her work. She uses client-centered techniques to build a supportive relationship.
She also applies cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices and existential ideas can help clients find meaning and calm amid difficulty. Her areas of focus include grief, trauma and abuse, family and parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, and coping with life changes.
She also addresses ADHD, eating concerns, compassion fatigue, and career questions. The aim is practical change, not jargon, so parents can try things at home and notice the difference. Tammi works with individual adults and accepts international clients.
Sessions are offered in English. She explains options clearly so people know what to expect and can decide what feels right for them.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and tailoring sessions to each person's needs. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk things through and to make practical changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses simple exercises and real-life practice to reduce anxiety, change unhelpful patterns, and improve mood.
Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and increase calm. It can be useful for anxiety, anger, and managing overwhelming feelings in parenting or work.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to choose which approaches to try, adjust techniques as needed, and focus on goals that matter to the client. Together they decide what feels most useful and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, keep continuity during life changes, and get support from different locations. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same therapeutic approaches and homework tasks, while making scheduling and follow-up more convenient.
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.
Existential Therapy
Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Tammi
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- Stop at any point