Tamara Christman, LPC

Tamara Christman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of experience helping people navigate difficult seasons. She practices in Virginia and focuses on practical, everyday steps clients can use to feel steadier. Tamara approaches therapy with warmth and patience and keeps conversations straightforward and goal-oriented.

Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career changes. Eating and body image worries, compassion fatigue, and problems around commitment and codependency are within her scope as well.

Tamara draws on several therapeutic methods to match what each person needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches guide deeper work on relationships and self-understanding.

Sessions tend to focus on building skills and insight at a pace that feels manageable. Tamara emphasizes small, doable steps that fit into daily life. She aims to help clients build resilience so they can face future challenges with more confidence.

People who prefer a calm, collaborative therapist often find her style helpful. Tamara invites honest conversation and supports clients as they practice new ways of coping and relating. To start, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and trying clear strategies to change them; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood shifts. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections, which can be helpful for intimacy issues and communication struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That collaborative planning includes checking what feels useful and adjusting if something isn’t working.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let someone choose a quieter time or a session that works around work or caregiving schedules. Discussing practical needs during the initial matching and scheduling step helps ensure sessions are set up to fit everyday life.