Tammy Barnum, LMHC

Tammy Barnum is an LMHC - a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - who has spent 22 years helping people navigate difficult life moments and build toward lasting change. She has worked across settings including schools, community programs, and mental health clinics, gaining experience with a wide range of concerns from stress and anxiety to trauma, relationship issues, addictions, grief, and parenting challenges. Tammy emphasizes resilience and practical growth, guiding individuals to recognize their strengths and develop skills to manage emotions and solve problems.

Her clinical work blends trauma-informed thinking with client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and narrative approaches, selecting methods that align with each person’s story and goals. Tammy focuses on offering encouragement, validation, and perspective so clients can move through transitions and overcome setbacks. She creates a supportive therapeutic environment that honors each person’s unique background and needs, and she partners with clients to set achievable steps toward improved wellbeing.

Throughout her career Tammy has witnessed people recover, adapt, and find new ways of relating to themselves and others. She brings steady professional experience, practical interventions, and an affirming stance to help clients make meaningful changes in their lives.

Approaches That Shape Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience from their perspective and offering empathetic support so clients can identify their own solutions; it is especially helpful for building self-awareness, confidence, and stronger relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns - it is commonly applied for anxiety, depression, sleep concerns, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple, grounded practices to reduce reactivity and increase emotional regulation, which can support stress management, trauma recovery, and ongoing mood stability.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tammy works collaboratively with each person to explore what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress unfolds. Clients are active partners in shaping treatment plans so care remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins are possible through live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from a convenient location.