Tamara Spears , LMSW

Tamara Spears is a licensed master social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works with concerns such as ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, and challenges tied to identity and self-esteem. Tamara focuses on Women's issues among her areas of practice and aims to create a respectful space for people to talk through what matters most to them.

Her style is warm, interactive, and person-centered. Tamara listens first and tailors conversations to each person’s needs. She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.

Tamara draws on a mix of approaches that include cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts, dialectical skills for managing strong emotions, and client-centered methods that keep the person’s goals at the center. Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns and abandonment concerns are part of the struggle.

Across a long career in social services and both inpatient and outpatient therapy settings, she has supported people through trauma, mood disorders, career challenges, and caregiving stress. That background informs a collaborative, paced approach that balances skill-building with emotional processing.

Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Tamara practices in Michigan and works in English. People begin by using the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

How Tamara's Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions in line with those values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or life purpose questions make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and ADHD-related thinking habits. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early attachment experiences shape current trust, intimacy, and abandonment worries.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tamara partners with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She adapts techniques over time so therapy stays relevant and practical for daily life.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth or camera-free check-ins are preferred, and messaging lets someone send quick updates or work through a shorter check-in between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into work, parenting, and everyday routines.