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Tamara Trent, LCSW

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasADHD, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Tamara

Tamara Trent is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Texas with 13 years of experience helping people navigate a wide range of emotional and practical challenges.

Background and approach

She focuses on concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, stress, grief, addictions, ADHD, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Her work also addresses sleep and eating difficulties, parenting and career stresses, compassion fatigue, and complex presentations that include co-morbidity and dissociation.

Tamara blends empathy with practical tools, drawing from evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person. Her approach emphasizes building communication skills, cultivating self-compassion, and strengthening coping strategies so clients can manage acute distress and make sustainable changes.

She incorporates therapies like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives, and client-centered practices to help people clarify values, improve relationships, and reduce harmful patterns. Practicing from Texas, she offers supportive guidance for those facing life transitions, chronic illness or caregiving burdens, abandonment or attachment wounds, and complex trauma histories.

Tamara aims to create a respectful, affirming environment where clients can explore their experiences, increase emotional insight, and move toward goals that matter to them.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care



Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where motivation and direction feel stalled. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete skills for managing symptoms like worry, low mood, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relational patterns shape current emotional responses and relationship dynamics, supporting work on intimacy, abandonment concerns, and communication difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tamara will work with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and combine elements from different methods when that best serves progress. That flexible, team-oriented stance helps clients test strategies and refine what feels most effective over time.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as greater scheduling flexibility and easier access for people living at a distance or balancing caregiving and work commitments. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow ongoing skill practice and check-ins between sessions, supporting continuity of care and allowing therapy to fit into daily life more readily.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Tamara address?
She works with a broad range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, ADHD, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is empathetic and individualized, combining practical skills training with reflective, values-oriented work to help clients build coping strategies and emotional insight.
What is her clinical experience and background?
She has 13 years of professional experience providing psychotherapy and supportive care for people with a wide variety of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an LCSW licensed in Texas under TX LCSW 58158 and maintains a practice based in Texas.
Does she work with clients who live outside the United States?
Yes, she accepts international clients and can work with people living outside the country.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should someone do to begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English