Tammy Foster, LCSW

Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship or parenting struggles. She brings 22 years of hands-on experience and a direct, warm style to sessions. Tammy aims to make therapy practical and approachable for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She spent early years working as an addiction specialist and interventionist, and she also managed an adolescent treatment center in Northern California. That work gave her a lot of experience with substance concerns, codependency, and major life transitions. Over two decades she has supported people through grief, career shifts, trauma, bipolar concerns, and challenges tied to attachment and intimacy.

Tammy blends several helpful methods in her work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to target thoughts and behaviors, and attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. Her style is client-centered and interactive, with practical tools people can use between sessions.

People see her for things like anger, communication problems, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, body image, and life changes. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, intimacy-related issues, and blended family adjustments. Tammy focuses on small, steady steps that build toward clearer choices and better coping.

Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Tammy combines coaching and counseling techniques to help people find more peace and move toward goals in everyday life.

How Tammy’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Tammy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and often involves exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or manage cravings.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. This approach helps people understand triggers in relationships and build clearer ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then shape sessions together. That collaborative process helps choose whether to focus on skills, relationship patterns, or emotional processing.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging work for shorter updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.