- Person-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Values-focused work
About Tamara
Tamara Spears is a licensed master social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. She works with adults facing issues like depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and life transitions. Tamara offers a calm, respectful approach that aims to reduce shame and make difficult conversations easier to start.
Her counseling style is warm and interactive. Sessions are person-centered and tailored to each person's needs. She mixes practical strategies and listening to help people build new habits and coping skills that fit their daily life.
Tamara draws on several approaches to design a plan that makes sense for each person. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and goals, and attachment-based work to look at relational patterns. She also brings dialectical behavior tools for emotion regulation and client-centered practices that keep the person in charge of treatment.
Her background includes long experience in social services and both inpatient and outpatient settings. That history shapes a practical focus on real-world problems like parenting stress, work challenges, communication issues, and sleep difficulties. Tamara aims to guide and motivate people as they try new ways of coping.
People who want straightforward, respectful support around mood, relationships, or sleep often find her approach helpful. She encourages questions and works with clients to set achievable steps toward better rest and daily functioning.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and build action toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for sleep, worry, and mood management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape trust and emotion regulation, which can help with intimacy, grief, and communication problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamara will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean mixing ideas from these approaches and adjusting plans as progress is made.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Many people appreciate online work because it can make fitting appointments into a busy schedule easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Online work can also let someone use quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera when that suits them. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for your routine and goals.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Tamara support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and related issues like ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Tamara uses a warm, person-centered style that combines listening with practical tools. She tailors sessions to each person's needs and focuses on real-life steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience in social services, including work in inpatient and outpatient therapy settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMSW, a licensed master social worker, and practices from Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not take international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.