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Tamara Reed

Therapist(She/Her)
13 years of experience
  • Virtual
  • Anxiety, Depression, Family issues, Stress management, Anger management, Grief or loss, Relationship issues, Women's issues, Trauma, PTSD, Chronic conditions
  • Individual therapy

Great to meet you!

For over 20 years, I have worked with individuals and families facing unexpected life challenges that disrupted their sense of peace, security, and connection. I specialize in helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Many of my clients are seeking clarity about important decisions, healing from difficult experiences, improving communication, strengthening relationships, or becoming the healthiest version of themselves.

Clients are the experts in their own lives. My approach integrates cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, strengths-based, and mindfulness-informed techniques to promote emotional healing, personal growth, and resilience. My role is to provide a supportive, collaborative environment where clients can gain insight, build on their strengths, and develop practical tools to overcome challenges. I meet clients where they are, offering compassion, encouragement, and accountability while helping them identify patterns that may be keeping them stuck. Through therapy, they have gained greater clarity, resilience, emotional regulation, and confidence, allowing them to create meaningful and lasting change.

I strive to create a therapeutic space that is warm, welcoming, and empowering; an environment where clients feel safe to be authentic, vulnerable, and free from judgment. My goal is for clients to leave therapy feeling heard, valued, and better equipped to navigate life's challenges with confidence.

My approach to therapy

Since everyone has a unique situation, treatment is individualized. You are the expert of your life. Once we decide to work together, I will help you create realistic and measurable goals. I will listen to you, validate your feelings, challenge your unhealthy thought process, help you increase insight into what’s happened to you or a loved one, and help you break negative behaviors or patterns that get in the way of you being your best you. During this time, we will practice healthy communication skills so that you will be able to form and maintain healthy relationships.

What you can expect from me

During the introductory session, you will have the opportunity to share your story and what you hope to gain from therapy. Together we will craft goals that are realistic and measurable. Based on what's happened to you we may complete an assessment to track your progress. I will create a safe space where you can be honest and open; transparent and vulnerable. It is an environment that is warm, compassionate, welcoming, and empowering.

About me

  • I identify as
    Black or African descent, Cisgender Woman
  • My style is
    Solution Oriented, Affirming, Empowering

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    13 years of experience
  • Training
    MA (Master of Arts) at Harding Graduate School of Religion
  • License type
    LMFT (Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist) (Tennessee)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Aetna Medicare Advantage, Ascension, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Curative, Devoted Health Medicare Advantage, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Humana Medicare Advantage, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania - Virtual National Network, Providence Health Plan

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Anxiety, Depression, Family issues, Stress management, Anger management, Grief or loss, Relationship issues, Women's issues, Trauma, PTSD, Chronic conditions
  • Therapy methods
    Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Care types
    Individual therapy
  • Ages served
    Seniors, Adolescents, Adults
  • Languages
    English