Tamara Pintily

Hello friends! My name is Tamara but I prefer to be called T. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Addiction Counselor. I am originally from California. I received my bachelor's in social work from San Diego State University and my master's in social work from The University of Texas at Arlington. I am very passionate about bringing awareness to mental health in the Black community and providing accessibility to psychoeducation and treatment to anyone who wants it.

My approach is that you are the expert in your life. This means that although I am the mental health professional, I cannot tell you what will work better for you than you can. My job is to help you get to where you want to be in life but it's your job to do what you need to do to get there. I'm the gas and you're the driver. And be prepared because we will laugh a lot at our negative life experiences together. I have a very humorous personality. Life is better when you can laugh about things.

I will never tell you how you should live your life and I will never judge you for how you decide that will be, you are the expert in that realm, not me. I also will not make defining statements about you, but I will ask you various questions to get you to come to conclusions about yourself. It's easier to deal with the negative things about ourselves when we feel like we are discovering those things versus being told that's what's wrong with us.