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 works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Her focus includes relationship and intimacy concerns, career transitions, eating and body image issues, and coping with trauma and abuse.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her approaches to help people understand and shift painful emotional patterns. Tamara also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help clients notice what matters to them and rebuild connections to themselves and others.
Background and approach
She mixes these approaches with practical tools from cognitive behavioral work when helpful. Tamara aims to make sessions straightforward and supportive. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what feels most difficult.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her work often centers on building clearer communication, stronger boundaries, and more reliable coping skills. She helps people face painful memories, manage strong emotions, and move toward goals like better relationships, improved self-esteem, or a healthier relationship with food and body image.
Tamara practices in Virginia and offers a range of remote session formats. She approaches each person as an individual and adjusts methods to fit their concerns and preferences.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Tamara uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift patterns in close relationships and personal emotional responses. This approach is useful for those who want to understand recurring hurts and connect differently with important people in their lives. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps clients clarify values and take meaningful action even when difficult feelings arise. Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her work too, focusing on how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and how to build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tamara will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows for face-to-face conversations when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text work well for check-ins, brief coaching, or when messaging fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, and day-to-day routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Tamara address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and body image concerns, career changes, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and straightforward. Sessions focus on understanding emotions, improving communication, and building practical coping strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has 22 years of experience working with individual adults across a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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