- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Tameka
Tameka McFarland is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in North Carolina. She works with adults and helps parents navigate the stresses of raising children, relationship strain, and changes in family life. Tameka is described as experienced in addressing intimacy, self‑esteem, anxiety, grief, and depression for people 18 and older.
She uses straightforward, practical talk in sessions and draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions focus on improving communication, easing attachment wounds, and building day-to-day coping skills.
Background and approach
Tameka also supports people facing blended family challenges, fatherhood concerns, and separation or divorce decisions. Her training includes a Master of Science degree completed in 2017, and she has held licensure since December 2017. She practices as an LMFT, with licensure in South Carolina and North Carolina.
Her background combines family systems perspectives with tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Clients can expect steps that are clear and manageable. Conversations may include exploring values, practicing new ways to talk, and setting small behavior changes to test between sessions.
Work often centers on repair in relationships and practical strategies for parenting stress. Tameka offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. All work is offered in English and she does not take international clients at this time.
What Tameka works with
Everything Tameka lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tameka helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tameka lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Systemic 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 guide online parenting and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values despite hard emotions. It can be useful for parenting stress, anxiety, and making changes that matter to the family.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns affect current relationships and parenting. This work focuses on recognizing attachment needs, repairing connection, and building more trusting interactions between partners and between parent and child.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and typically happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques that fit the situation, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients participate in choosing whether more emotion-focused or skill-focused work feels better.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy family schedules. Video calls let people practice communication with a partner in real time, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into school runs, work breaks, or varied routines.
Questions people ask about Tameka
What concerns does Tameka commonly address?
She helps with relationship problems, parenting challenges, intimacy issues, stress and anxiety, depression, grief, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, mixing emotion-focused work with skill-building. Sessions aim to improve communication and set small, testable behavior changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on relationship and family issues and has been licensed since December 2017.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT with licensure in South Carolina and North Carolina and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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