About Tammy
Tammy Inselman is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) who focuses on helping people manage everyday struggles and bigger life shifts. She writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Tammy aims to create a nonjudgmental space where someone can talk freely, make practical plans, and try new ways of coping.
With 13 years of experience as an LICSW in Washington, Tammy uses straightforward methods that people can apply right away.
Background and approach
She often works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship problems, parenting challenges, and ADHD. She also addresses addiction, mood disorders, self-esteem, and the practical strains of caregiving and health conditions. Tammy draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to match what a person needs that day.
Sessions focus on identifying strengths, setting small goals, and practicing specific skills between meetings. Conversations are collaborative and goal-oriented rather than only reflective. Her background includes supporting people through major life transitions, end-of-life and hospice concerns, blended family and adoption issues, and veteran-related matters.
Tammy emphasizes building plans that fit a person’s routines and responsibilities. She guides people toward realistic steps they can try between sessions. People who choose Tammy can expect practical guidance, clear next steps, and steady feedback as they work on coping, communication, or behavior change.
Her approach is direct, empathetic, and focused on achievable progress.
How Tammy Uses Practical Therapies Online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and everyday stress because it focuses on small changes that make daily life easier.Motivational Interviewing is a short, conversation-based approach that helps someone find their own reasons to change. It works well when someone feels stuck about addiction, impulse control, or making health and behavior changes.
Tammy treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their life. If something doesn’t work, she adjusts the plan and focuses on practical next steps that feel realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video can support face-to-face interaction, phone can be a quicker check-in with lower bandwidth, and text or live chat can work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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