Tamara Trent, LCSW
Compassionate therapist for life transitions
Details
| Name | Tamara Trent |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Tamara
Tamara Trent is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people navigate hard times. She focuses on concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy struggles, and problems with self-esteem. Tamara aims to make therapy straightforward and humane for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
Her sessions center on listening and understanding each person’s story. She uses Narrative approaches to help people reframe life events and find new meaning.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build practical skills for day-to-day life. Tamara pays attention to how attachment and early relationships shape current patterns. That perspective helps when people are struggling with abandonment, codependency, communication problems, or commitment issues.
She offers support for coping with grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and major life changes. In sessions she helps people break large problems into small, manageable steps. Hands-on work might include changing unhelpful thoughts, trying new behaviors, or writing about painful memories.
She also uses mindfulness and client-centered techniques to slow things down and focus on values and choices. Tamara works with people on a wide range of concerns including addictions, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, stress, eating and sleeping issues, and career decisions. Her goal is to help clients build emotional strength, clearer communication, and everyday routines that feel sustainable.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Tamara works with, alongside the areas below.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tamara among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Tamara directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Tamara directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Tamara uses Narrative Therapy to help people retell and reorganize the stories that shape their lives, which can reduce shame and open new ways forward. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns to understand current struggles with trust, communication, and closeness.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy work. Tamara will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit those needs. Decisions are collaborative and can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow longer conversations and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, chat can work for quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and access care from different locations.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she help with?
Tamara supports people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, and self-esteem struggles. She also works with stress, grief, addictions, parenting strain, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is listening-first and collaborative. She uses storytelling work, values-focused exercises, and practical skills to help people make changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker in Texas. That background informs her approach to complex and ongoing life problems.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats does she offer?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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