Tammy Russell, LMHC

Tammy Russell is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and low self-esteem. Tammy focuses on practical steps people can use right away and meets each person with respect and compassion.

She shapes conversations and plans to match what each person needs. That might mean working on motivation, confidence, or coping after a painful event. Tammy also supports people facing relationship concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, and career changes.

Her approach borrows from several well-known methods so sessions can be adjusted as needs change. Tammy uses techniques that help people notice and change unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions, and rebuild connection with themselves and others. She encourages small, doable steps between sessions.

Clients can expect a calm, direct style that focuses on achievable goals. Tammy pays attention to family of origin issues, codependency, and struggles such as obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, or mood swings. She also works with people coping with caregiver stress, abandonment, infidelity, and dissociation.

Tammy asks people to be active partners in planning therapy. That partnership guides what happens in the room and what gets tried between sessions. Her goal is to help people find clearer choices and more stable ways of handling life's hard moments.

How Tammy’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Tammy draws from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to guide sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and building a trusting relationship so people can talk honestly about what matters to them. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful reactions. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation and practical coping tools for intense feelings and impulsive behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tammy will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress or new needs emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports steady work on skills between appointments and keeps continuity when life changes make in-person visits harder. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to an online setting while focusing on practical steps and real-life goals.