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Tamara Phillips

Compassionate therapy focused on practical change

LMFT Florida

Experience
3 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Tamara

Tamara Phillips is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Florida with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, self-esteem and motivation, and related life transitions.

Background and approach

Her approach centers on meeting each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping therapy to the individual’s needs. Her work blends techniques that encourage practical change and emotional healing.

Tamara uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and she incorporates client-centered principles to make the therapy space collaborative and empathetic. She also draws on solution-focused and trauma-informed methods when clients need structured tools or targeted support for past wounds.

Clients can expect a therapist who emphasizes empowerment and partnership during their work together. Tamara aims to tailor conversations and treatment plans so they align with a person’s goals and circumstances, supporting steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Approaches That Inform Online Care

Tamara commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy into her online work. CBT focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathetic, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the client’s perspective guides the pace and goals of treatment.

She may also draw on solution-focused techniques when clients want brief, goal-oriented support to address specific challenges. These approaches are meant to complement one another, and finding the right mix is part of the collaborative process. Tamara works with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences rather than prescribing a single path from the outset.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, supporting steady progress toward the client’s goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist help with?
Tamara works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, and career or life-purpose questions.
What is Tamara's therapeutic style like?
Her style blends client-centered empathy with practical, skills-based strategies; she tailors conversations and plans to each person’s specific needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She has three years of professional experience working with clients on a variety of mental health and life-change concerns.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is an LMFT licensed in Florida under FL LMFT MT4799 and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients as part of her practice.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Body imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposePostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English