Tammy Russell, LMHC

Tammy Russell is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and shifts in life circumstances. Tammy aims to make the first step feel manageable and supports clients through practical, goal-focused work.

She uses straightforward conversation to learn what matters most to each person. Tammy draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thought patterns and DBT skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also uses client-centered methods to build a trusting therapeutic relationship and motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change.

Sessions focus on clear, small steps clients can use between meetings. Tammy helps people build coping skills for panic, obsessive or compulsive behaviors, mood swings, and relationship or intimacy-related struggles. She also addresses caregiver stress, codependency, abandonment issues, and concerns tied to family of origin.

Tammy works with people facing grief, career challenges, midlife crossroads, or recovery from trauma and abuse. Her approach is practical and collaborative: she listens, offers feedback, and adjusts plans as goals evolve. Conversations are paced to match each person’s needs and tolerance for change.

Therapy is offered in English and conducted online through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Tammy describes the work as supportive and direct, helping people build skills that make daily life easier and more manageable.

Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy fits your life

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so people feel heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, compassionate space to sort through feelings and decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety, panic, obsessive behaviors, and mood symptoms.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT teaches specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when impulsive reactions cause problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. She may combine methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with Tammy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone calls can fit into a busy schedule or use less bandwidth, live chat offers a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments while working on change with a licensed therapist.