About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and struggles with identity or self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with trauma, attachment concerns, ADHD, and life transitions including adoption and foster care related issues. Tammy draws on 22 years of experience in clinical work and coaching to guide practical change.
Her early work included roles as an addiction specialist, interventionist, and an administrator at an adolescent treatment center in Northern California. That background shaped a direct, experienced approach to crisis and recovery. Over the years she has worked with many people on grief, career shifts, codependency, and behavioral concerns such as substance and sex addiction.
Tammy’s style is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on listening, building strengths, and teaching skills that can be used between meetings. She mixes practical strategies with attention to patterns in relationships and emotions so clients can develop new habits and clearer goals.
Therapeutic tools she uses include client-centered methods, cognitive-behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work. Tammy also brings coaching skills to help clients set realistic steps and track progress.
People who choose her work with someone who aims to be encouraging and steady. Tammy emphasizes small, manageable changes that add up over time and helps clients move from feeling stuck toward more balance and personal well-being.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand connection, trust, and reactions in close relationships, and is useful when attachment or abandonment concerns are present.Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps clients find their own solutions and strengths. This approach supports self-esteem, decision making, and personal growth.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms related to anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining approaches or trying different tools until something clicks.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises, homework, and skill practice to work well in remote appointments so clients can keep progress going between sessions.
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Experience
22+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Tammy address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, ADHD, and adoption and foster care related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on listening, skill-building, and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 22 years of experience and earlier served as an addiction specialist, interventionist, and administrator at an adolescent treatment center.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.