- Client-centered approach
- Skill building focus
- Practical goal setting
About Tamara
Tamara Blau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Independent Social Worker with ten years of practice experience. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, stress, mood struggles, and parenting strain. She is based in Virginia and offers therapy in English.
Tamara draws on a client-centered style that keeps the person's goals in focus. Sessions are conversational and practical. She helps people set short-term steps and longer-term goals they can return to as life changes.
Her background includes a Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University and long experience in public social services. She spent over 15 years working with adolescents and families and has recent experience in school settings supporting middle school youth. That history shapes how she listens and plans treatment.
In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people learn skills for managing thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to build calm and present-moment awareness. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused ideas help people clarify change and take concrete steps.
Tamara works with a wide range of concerns, including panic disorder and panic attacks, caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence, grief, addictions, and workplace issues. She aims to teach practical strategies that people can use between sessions. If you want a steady, compassionate therapist who helps you build skills, she may be a fit.
How Tamara’s Approaches Work Online
Tamara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that feed anxiety and panic. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, strategies to reduce avoidance, and small behavioral steps that can ease symptoms.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity. These techniques help people pause during intense moments and build steady ways to respond to stress. Tamara blends this with Client-Centered Therapy, which keeps each session focused on the person's priorities and pacing.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with clients about what feels useful and adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they pick exercises and goals that fit daily life and the pace the person prefers.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and check in from a quieter space. It also supports shorter or more frequent check-ins when that fits a person's schedule.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Ohio, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Tamara help with?
She helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, panic disorder and panic attacks, anger, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, addictions, and workplace problems.
What is her usual therapy style?
Her work is client-centered, meaning conversations focus on the person and their goals. She combines practical skill teaching with goal planning and supportive listening.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years of practice experience and more than 15 years working in public social services and school settings with adolescents and families.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW in Virginia and LISW in Ohio and practices from Virginia.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.