- Person-centered care
- Practical coping tools
- Trauma-aware approach
About Tammy
Tammy Barnum is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or stuck. Tammy aims to offer steady support and practical ways to manage emotions and day-to-day stress.
She has worked in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics. Those settings shaped a direct, down-to-earth style that centers the person's needs. Tammy listens first, then helps people find steps they can actually use between sessions.
Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and narrative methods. That means Tammy pays attention to each person's story, helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns, and supports finding new ways to respond to old problems. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing often show up in sessions to encourage small, doable change.
Tammy often helps people navigate relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, and issues tied to identity including LGBT concerns. She also works with people facing substance concerns, sleep problems, eating issues, anger, and career stress. Adoption and foster care matters are listed among her areas of focus when they relate to a person's current life.
In sessions she aims to validate experience while pointing toward concrete options. The emphasis is on practical tools, clearer choices, and steady encouragement so people can move forward at their own pace.
Approaches that guide online work
Tammy uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s story and needs, helping people feel heard and supported as they decide next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thought patterns and practice new ways of responding to stress and mood challenges. Mindfulness techniques are introduced to help slow down racing thoughts and build simple habits for calmer moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tammy will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying things out, refining what helps, and shifting plans if needed so the work feels useful and realistic.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Tammy’s methods translate well to remote work because they emphasize short practical exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that can be done between meetings. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and maintain continuity when life is unpredictable.
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Experience
22+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Tammy often help with?
Tammy works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, substance concerns, sleep and eating problems, and identity-related matters such as LGBT concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. Tammy listens to each person’s story, then uses cognitive behavioral, narrative, mindfulness, and motivational techniques to develop useful steps and skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics, which informs her practical, real-world approach.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Tammy is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the United States?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How do fees and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.