- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Tamara
Tamara Banks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of experience. She focuses on practical, person-centered care for people facing parenting strains, stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Her manner is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping clients find workable steps forward.
Tamara adapts her approach to fit each person's needs. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, listening space. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors that reduce distress.
Background and approach
Solution-Focused techniques help clients set clear goals and track small wins. Her background includes long experience in schools and community settings in West Virginia. Tamara has worked with people across stages of life on issues such as grief, relationship problems, addiction, body image, and coping with major life changes.
That varied work informs a flexible, realistic style in sessions. Parents often seek Tamara out for help with family stress, blended family issues, and adoption or foster care concerns. She supports parents who want practical communication tools and ways to manage overwhelm without shaming themselves.
Sessions are collaborative and focused on what matters most to the client. Early work typically involves setting a few clear goals and choosing short-term strategies to try between meetings. Over time those efforts build toward steadier coping and clearer choices.
What Tamara works with
Everything Tamara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tamara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tamara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that shape online parenting and trauma work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so clients feel understood and can explore their priorities. It helps with parenting stress, relationship tensions, and finding clearer ways to respond under pressure.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new actions that reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve daily routines for parents and individuals recovering from trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest strategies to try. Clients and therapist adjust methods over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers several practical options: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or hands-free time is needed, live chat for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging for short updates or reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, handle short crisis moments, and maintain continuity of care when in-person visits aren’t possible.
Questions people ask about Tamara
What concerns does she address?
Tamara works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting, relationship and family issues, addictions, grief, eating concerns, anger, self esteem, career struggles, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She uses client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, solution-focused steps, and trauma-informed methods tailored to each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience in counseling, with extensive work in school and community settings in West Virginia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in West Virginia and practices from that region.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and situations.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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