Tammy Foster, LCSW
Licensed in California · 22 years in practice
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, grief, and trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 80131 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1376795682 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
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About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, grief, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with self-esteem, anger, intimacy concerns, career changes, ADHD, and major life transitions. Tammy brings a calm, direct presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens closely and helps people sort their priorities and patterns.
Background and approach
Tammy mixes conversation with concrete skills so clients leave sessions with things to try between meetings. Tammy has worked in clinical and administrative roles for more than 22 years. Early in her practice she specialized in addiction work and ran programs at an adolescent treatment center in Northern California.
Over the years she has helped people with substance issues, codependency, attachment problems, and complex life changes. She draws on several therapy approaches, including attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and emotionally focused methods. Tammy adapts these tools to fit each person’s needs rather than following one fixed plan.
People who choose her often want both emotional support and practical guidance. Tammy aims to help clients notice patterns, try different responses, and build small routines that improve daily life. Her goal is to help people find more balance and move toward goals that matter to them.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tammy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tammy names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Tammy uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at how connection and trust affect emotions and behaviors, which can help with intimacy, abandonment issues, and codependency.She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and building a strong therapeutic relationship. That method helps people feel heard and clarifies the goals they want to work toward.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tammy will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something doesn’t feel helpful she adjusts the plan together with the client.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video lets people work face-to-face, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Tammy commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and more.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and interactive, combining listening with practical skills so clients leave with things to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has over 22 years of experience, including work as an addiction specialist and administrator at an adolescent treatment center in Northern California.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as CA LCSW, and practices in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy is offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees 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 this therapist?
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