Tamara Spears, LMSW
Michigan · 25 years in practice
Tamara Spears is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 25 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, and trauma.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801085567 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1053402677 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- 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 Spears is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 25 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, and trauma. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career questions, sleep and eating issues, and feelings of isolation or low self-worth. She keeps sessions warm and interactive.
Conversations are person-centered and respectful. She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on the person rather than a diagnosis.
Background and approach
Tamara blends practical tools with deeper work on emotions and attachment. She uses approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, acceptance-based strategies, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns and try new responses. She adapts plans to the concerns a person brings in each session.
Her background includes work in social services and both inpatient and outpatient therapy settings. That experience shaped her ability to work with complex situations and overlapping problems like co-morbidity, caregiver stress, and mood disorders. Tamara aims to guide and encourage people as they take steps toward change.
She focuses on actionable coping skills while also addressing core feelings such as abandonment, shame, or attachment wounds. The emphasis is on steady progress and practical strategies that fit each person's life. People who choose her can expect a collaborative, compassionate approach that balances skills training and emotional exploration to help them move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tamara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name core emotions and how those feelings affect relationships and choices. It can be useful for working through attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and intimacy-related struggles. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values, accepting uncomfortable thoughts, and taking small committed steps toward a meaningful life. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and motivation problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person's goals and daily life. Sessions may blend emotionally focused work with ACT or cognitive-behavioral tools depending on what is most helpful for the issue at hand.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video is good for deeper conversations and reading facial cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers written reflection. These options offer flexibility to try different formats as needs change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist support?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and related concerns such as abandonment or body image.
What is the general therapy style and approach?
Sessions are person-centered, warm, and interactive. Tamara combines emotionally focused work with practical skills from CBT and acceptance-based methods.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience in social services and both inpatient and outpatient therapy settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MI LMSW, which stands for Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker, and practices from Michigan.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
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 this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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