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Tameka Powell, LCSW

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Tameka

Tameka Powell is a Virginia-licensed LCSW who focuses on helping people navigate relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, and ADHD.

Background and approach

With five years of clinical experience, she brings a warm, strength-based attitude and practical skills to conversations about grief, intimacy, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, coaching, and postpartum depression. She values the role of relationships in creating conditions for safety and growth, and she draws on attachment-informed ideas to guide work on connection and trust.

Clients can expect a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings are invited and explored, and where interventions are adapted to individual needs. Her background includes clinical roles in pediatric settings, which have shaped her collaborative, insight-oriented style.

Tameka encourages people who are ready to start therapy to take that first step, recognizing it often takes courage. She offers services in English to adults in Virginia and conducts sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape expectations about safety and connection; it is useful for people working to improve closeness, trust, and emotional attunement. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with strong emotions and relational conflicts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to understand goals, preferences, and life context, then tailor techniques from attachment-informed work, CBT, and DBT to fit the individual's needs. This means methods can shift over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access therapeutic support from Virginia without traveling to an office, while allowing therapists to use structured exercises, homework, and check-ins that complement in-session work.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Tameka works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, ADHD, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, coaching, and postpartum depression.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and strength-based, using attachment-informed ideas alongside CBT and DBT techniques to help clients build skills, insight, and healthier patterns.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has five years of professional practice, including clinical roles in pediatric settings that inform her collaborative and supportive work with clients.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Virginia with license number VA LCSW 0904013913 and provides services to clients located in Virginia.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

Postpartum depression

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English