Therapist profile
Dr. Tamara Woods, LCSW, CSW
North Carolina
Dr. Tamara Woods - LCSW, Relationship and Anger issues
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- CredentialsLCSW, CSW
- LicenseLCSW, Georgia / CSW004869; LCSW, North Carolina / C005771
- NPI1932371580
- Experience14 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationNorth Carolina
About
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused steps
- Motivational interviewing
About Tamara
Dr. Tamara Woods is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of clinical experience in North Carolina. She works with adults who want practical ways to handle stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, anger, depression, and related concerns.
She uses clear, goal-oriented methods and prefers straightforward conversation. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can change next. She combines different approaches to match how a person likes to work and what they want to address.
Her background includes long experience supporting people through parenting challenges, career transitions, and addiction concerns. She also assists people dealing with attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, caregiving stress, and midlife questions.
In practice she draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns of thought and behavior. She uses client-centered and solution-focused methods to set concrete steps and goals. Motivational interviewing is another tool she may use to support people facing change.
Dr. Woods works with individuals, and with couples and families as noted in her biography, helping them talk through relationship conflicts, intimacy issues, and blended-family challenges. Her approach is direct and collaborative; she helps people break down problems into manageable next steps.
Sessions are offered in English and she practices under her North Carolina LCSW credential. Prospective clients are encouraged to review the online therapy options and complete the matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current responses; it can help with anger that comes from feeling disconnected or triggered by loved ones. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors; it helps people practice different reactions and reduce snapping, rumination, or avoidance. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and perspectives, giving time to describe what matters and pick practical steps to try.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, comfortable ways of working, and which methods feel most useful. The first sessions are often about figuring out what fits and setting small, measurable goals to test in everyday life.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking, since formats are not listed in this biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a quick conversation helps. They can also support steady progress by letting people keep regular appointments even during busy periods.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Georgia, North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, anger, depression, addictions, parenting and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, using practical, goal-focused conversations and steps you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker and more than 20 years working with families.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in North Carolina under her NC LCSW and GA LCSW listings.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options; the profile asks you to use the matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.