Tammy Barnum

Tammy Barnum is a licensed mental health counselor with 22 years of clinical experience who helps people facing anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. She aims to create a calm place where clients feel heard and supported. Her manner is straightforward and encouraging for people who want practical ways to manage feelings and move forward.

She has worked in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics. That variety means she has seen many life situations and practical ways to help. Tammy uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches to match what each person needs.

In sessions she listens for the client’s goals, then helps build steps to reach them. That can include identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing grounding and mindfulness, or shaping new personal stories that reduce shame and isolation. She focuses on what people can do between sessions as well as during them.

Tammy believes people already have strengths to draw on and that therapy often begins by noticing those strengths. She offers direct guidance when someone is stuck and gentle coaching when people want to build new habits. Her style mixes practical tools with a respectful, person-focused approach.

Clients come for help with many concerns such as relationships, parenting stress, grief, trauma, addictions, depression, ADHD, body image, and eating issues. Tammy works from New York and conducts therapy in English.

How Tammy Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person first and helps people feel understood so they can set their own goals. In practice this means Tammy listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps clients identify what matters most to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Tammy uses CBT-style exercises to spot unhelpful thinking, test those thoughts, and try new behaviors that reduce anger or anxiety.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These skills can help with sleeping, stress, and moment-to-moment management of strong emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tammy works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts tools and pacing so therapy stays useful and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking. Tammy can explain how she applies these approaches remotely and help make sessions fit into a workday, a parenting schedule, or other commitments. Online work can make it easier to practice short skill drills between meetings, schedule regular check-ins, or avoid travel time when life is busy.