Tamara Christman, LPC
Virginia · 22 years in practice
Tamara Christman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Virginia
- 0701011638 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1366177586 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tamara
Tamara Christman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, career changes, and trauma. Her style is warm and direct, and she aims to make therapy understandable and workable for busy lives.
She often helps people manage intense emotions like grief, anger, and shame. She also supports those dealing with body image concerns, eating difficulties, caregiving strain, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Many clients come for help after big life changes or when past hurts keep getting in the way of present relationships. Tamara uses a blend of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns.
She uses acceptance-based strategies to help people live by their values even when feelings are hard. Her sessions emphasize clear goals, hands-on skills, and gentle but honest feedback. Clients learn practical coping techniques, communication skills, and ways to rebuild trust with themselves and others.
The work is collaborative - Tamara helps set the pace and checks in often about what is and isn't working. She practices in Virginia and offers multiple online formats for follow-up and check-ins. Tamara speaks English and brings a steady, experienced presence to sessions.
Her aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to taking manageable steps toward a better day.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tamara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tamara names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches clear tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, making it useful for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer connection habits and clearer communication.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and based on what the client notices is helping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face when that matters. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text allow quick notes, daily check-ins, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, caretaking, and travel while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Tamara address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, grief, body image and eating struggles, career and life-change problems, anger, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm, direct, and goal-focused. Sessions combine talk, practical skill building, and checking what helps most for each person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 22 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia.
Which language are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work and check-ins.
How are costs and subscription handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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