Tammy Barnum, LMHC
Compassionate support for real life change
Details
| Name | Tammy Barnum |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC |
| Based in | New York |
| Licensed in | New York |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 22 |
About Tammy
Tammy Barnum is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 22 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She focuses on practical support so clients feel heard and understood from the first session. She aims to help people manage worry, mood swings, relationship strain, parenting stress, and issues with sleep or substance use.
Tammy draws on Narrative Therapy and Client-Centered work to help people reframe their stories and identify personal strengths.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to teach concrete coping skills and shift unhelpful thinking. Motivational Interviewing is part of how she helps people find and strengthen their own reasons for change. Her background includes work in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics across New York.
That range of settings shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style focused on practical steps. Tammy often combines short skills practice with conversation about what matters most to each person. Sessions are aimed at helping people reduce anxiety, cope with grief, recover from trauma and abuse, address eating or intimacy concerns, and manage life changes like career transitions.
She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, caregiver stress, adoption and attachment questions, and issues related to identity and relationships. Tammy believes most people already have strengths to build on. Her role is to help name those resources, offer new perspectives, and practice tools that fit each person’s life.
She creates a respectful, supportive space where progress is paced to the individual.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Sleeping disorders among the things Tammy works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tammy among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Tammy directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Tammy directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her approaches work online and how they help
Tammy uses Narrative Therapy to help people look at the stories they tell about themselves and find new, more helpful ways to describe their lives. This can be useful for people dealing with identity questions, family of origin issues, or feelings of emptiness.She also practices Client-Centered Therapy which emphasizes listening, respect, and collaboration. That approach helps people feel supported while they explore goals and make changes at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to teach straightforward skills for managing anxiety, mood shifts, and unhelpful thinking patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy will discuss goals and preferences with each person and try methods that match their needs. She treats the process as a collaboration and adjusts strategies based on what is helpful in practice.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is often used for full sessions, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, chat or text work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns can Tammy help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges as well as sleep problems, addictions, grief, trauma and many identity-related issues.
What is her approach to therapy like?
Her style blends Narrative, Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing methods to combine storytelling, skills practice, and present-moment awareness.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working in schools, community programs, and mental health clinics in New York.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC and practices out of New York.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are offered for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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