Tammy Barnum, LMHC

Tammy Barnum is a licensed mental health counselor with 22 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, and more. She writes and talks in a direct, calm way that helps someone feel heard and encouraged. Tammy focuses on practical steps and steady support so people can manage emotions and move forward.

She has worked in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics. That variety shaped a flexible approach to problems that come from daily life and past hurts. Tammy blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered and narrative methods to match each person's needs. She pays attention to how thoughts, stories, and moment-to-moment feelings affect behavior.

In sessions she helps people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and change unhelpful thinking. Tammy often uses mindfulness to slow down strong emotions and motivational interviewing to explore what people want to change. Conversations aim to be practical and goal-focused while still honoring personal history.

She also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, body image, caregiver stress, and challenges linked to adoption, attachment, or blended families. Tammy works with people managing ADHD, bipolar mood patterns, or the aftermath of trauma and abuse.

Tammy practices in New York as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Sessions are offered in English and she brings a calm, steady presence to each appointment. Her style centers on cooperation, small steps, and clear tools that can be used between sessions.

How Tammy uses therapy approaches online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood and can clarify what matters to them; it works well for building motivation and setting personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices that can lessen reactivity and help with emotion regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She may mix approaches and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clear, so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match comfort and logistics. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep appointments, fit sessions into busy days, and use tools when they are most needed.