Tammy Curtis, LPC

Tammy Curtis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma, and life changes. She brings 11 years of experience to sessions and aims to help clients build practical skills that make day-to-day life feel more manageable.

Tammy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people identify unhelpful thoughts, rewrite difficult stories, and find internal motivation for change. She emphasizes hands-on strategies and clear steps clients can use between sessions.

In meetings she works side by side with clients to set realistic goals. Sessions often include skill-building for coping with strong emotions, problem solving for family and relationship stress, and tools to manage grief, anger, or addictive behaviors. She also addresses issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress.

Tammy has experience helping people with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and family of origin problems, blended family dynamics, fertility and caregiver challenges, and first responder stress. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, divorce, domestic violence, and disaster-related trauma.

Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented. Tammy focuses on small changes that add up over time and checks in about progress regularly. People who prefer straightforward, practical work with a counselor who listens closely may find her approach helpful.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Tammy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns that keep problems going. CBT often includes small experiments and homework to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also draws on Narrative Therapy, which helps people separate themselves from a problem by retelling the story they tell about their life. That approach can be useful for people dealing with trauma, identity questions, or painful family histories. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to build motivation and clarify personal goals when change feels difficult.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tammy will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit the situation. The plan can change over time based on what feels most helpful, and clients play an active role in deciding next steps.

Online sessions offer flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let therapists see nonverbal cues and work more like an in-person visit, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging can keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day routines.