About
- Attachment-based work
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Coaching and skills
About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California with 22 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, parenting, grief, trauma, and related challenges. Tammy also lists ADHD, bipolar, intimacy issues, anger, career matters, and support around life transitions among her areas of focus.
She began her private practice after working as an addiction specialist, interventionist, and administrator at an adolescent treatment center in Northern California. That early work involved counseling people through substance use and sex-related addictions and running programs for teens. Over two decades she has extended that work into adult concerns such as depression, suicidal thinking, and major life changes.
Tammy mixes practical, person-centered conversation with structured strategies. She uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also draws on attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships shape current dynamics and on dialectical behavior ideas to manage strong emotions.
In sessions she combines listening with active coaching. She offers guidance, skills practice, and direct feedback aimed at clearer communication and healthier boundaries. People bring parenting strain, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, or grief and receive focused support on those topics.
Her background includes extensive work with codependency and attachment issues. Tammy describes her role as helping people move from crisis into steadier daily routines and better relationship habits. To begin, prospective clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online process.
How sessions work
Approaches and how online work fits daily life
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current bonds and communication. It can help people understand patterns that show up in parenting, long-term relationships, and responses to loss.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress with concrete skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. The selection is a shared process based on what the client brings into sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce time spent traveling. It also supports continuing therapy through life changes and helps people practice skills in the settings where they live and parent.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with at home?
Tammy supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and life transitions.
What is her approach in sessions?
She combines person-centered conversation with structured techniques such as cognitive-behavioral and attachment-based work, plus DBT-informed skills where needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience, including work as an addiction specialist and administrator at an adolescent treatment center early in her career.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Does she see people in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients; sessions are provided to people in California.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin if I want a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.