Tamara Spears

Tamara Spears is a licensed master social worker who helps people facing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She combines a straightforward, compassionate approach with practical skills to help clients manage symptoms and handle everyday challenges. Her style is warm and interactive, aimed at making hard conversations easier to start.

With 25 years in human services and clinical practice, she has experience across inpatient and outpatient settings. That background includes work with ADHD, addictions, trauma and emotional abuse, grief, parenting concerns, and career stress. This experience informs how she tailors conversations and coping plans to each person.

Sessions focus on clear goals and steps you can try between meetings. Tamara blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, and acceptance-based ideas to reduce distress and improve choices. She also draws on attachment-informed perspectives when relationship patterns matter.

She avoids labels and meets people where they are, adjusting pace and techniques to fit each situation. Many clients find this mixture useful for issues like impulsivity, mood shifts, intimacy struggles, and problems with self-worth.

Tamara practices in Michigan as an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - and conducts work in English. She encourages people to take small, concrete steps and offers steady support while clients try new skills and approaches.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward values-based action; it helps with anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that increase distress and then practicing alternative responses to reduce symptoms and improve functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connection and communication, which can help when intimacy or trust are central issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamara will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She listens to what has helped in the past and adjusts techniques as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking since session formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings from your day-to-day environment. It can also let someone choose shorter check-ins, avoid being on camera when that helps, or keep appointments during work breaks. Licensed professionals use these options to make it easier to try therapy while balancing other responsibilities.