Therapist profile
Tammy Foster, LCSW
California
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationships and Addictions
Continue with TammyWhere Tammy stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 80131
- NPI
- 1376795682
- Experience
- 22 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Codependency support
- Attachment-based work
- CBT and DBT methods
About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 22 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and codependency among other challenges.
Tammy draws on a long clinical and administrative background that includes several years focused on addiction treatment and running an adolescent treatment center. She has supported people through grief, major life changes, career setbacks, parenting strains, and issues linked to trauma and attachment.
Her style is interactive and person-centered. Sessions typically focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and recognizing patterns that keep someone stuck. She uses plain language and short exercises so people can try different ways of coping between meetings.
Tammy integrates methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused and attachment-based ideas, and elements of dialectical behavior work. That mix is used to address emotions, relationship patterns, and times when strong reactions or avoidance get in the way of daily life.
She also brings coaching experience to sessions, helping clients set small, achievable goals and track progress. Tammy often helps people who struggle with people-pleasing, trouble setting boundaries, or living around someone else’s drinking or moods.
Sessions are offered in English from California. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships. It helps identify how early and current attachments shape expectations and reactions in adult relationships, which can be useful when someone keeps losing themselves for the sake of others.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It uses short exercises and thought-challenging to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and change unhelpful habits like people-pleasing.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tammy will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they choose which methods to try and adjust things as progress is tracked.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and allow sessions without travel time. Therapists often adapt exercises for phone or video, and they can use brief skill-practice between meetings to help apply new boundaries and communication skills in everyday life.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, trauma, parenting strain, and codependency.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her approach is interactive and person-centered, using practical skills, clearer communication, and short exercises to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience, including several years focused on addiction treatment and administration of an adolescent treatment center.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.