Tammi Hawkes-August , LPCC

Tammi Hawkes-August is a licensed professional clinical counselor practicing in California with six years of experience. She focuses on supporting people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, addiction struggles, and the effects of trauma. Tammi frames therapy as a partnership that builds on each person’s existing strengths.

She centers conversations on what matters most to the client and helps them set small, clear goals. Sessions usually include practical strategies for managing strong emotions and building motivation. Tammi also helps people work through self-esteem, confidence, and relationship communication issues.

Her practice pays attention to longer-term challenges as well, including chronic pain, illness, or disability, and the isolation that can come with those experiences. She also supports people dealing with workplace strain and questions about life purpose. Women’s issues are part of her focus areas and she brings that lens when it fits a client’s needs.

Tammi believes the client is the expert on their own story and uses that viewpoint to guide sessions. She offers straightforward feedback, encouragement, and tools clients can try between meetings. The goal is steady progress and clearer choices.

People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and she works with clients from California as well as international clients who speak English. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Tammi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on teaching practical emotion-regulation and stress-management tools that people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety and overwhelm. Another approach centers on rebuilding self-esteem and motivation by identifying strengths, setting small attainable goals, and tracking progress over time.

Choosing the right method is a shared process. Tammi works collaboratively with each person to understand their goals, needs, and preferences, and then suggests techniques to try. She reviews how an approach is working and adjusts steps so it fits the client’s pace and situation.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for visual conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or health constraints and help people stick with changes over time.