Tammy Foster, LCSW
California · 22 years in practice
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 80131 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1376795682 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tammy
Tammy Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She focuses on common and painful struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Tammy brings a calm, warm presence to conversations and aims to help people take practical steps forward.
Tammy has more than 22 years of experience in clinical work and coaching. Early in her independent practice she worked as an addiction specialist and interventionist and managed an adolescent treatment program.
Background and approach
That background shaped how she helps people facing substance concerns, codependency, and related family stress. Her approach blends emotionally-focused ways of working with attachment-based ideas and client-centered care. Tammy also uses cognitive behavioral tools and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when helpful.
She emphasizes simple, doable strategies alongside deep emotional work. Sessions are interactive and paced to the person's needs. Tammy listens for patterns in relationships and attachment, then helps clients try new ways of relating and coping.
She also supports practical goals such as managing anger, addressing career stress, or improving communication. She often works with people addressing adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, aging and caregiver stress, autism and Asperger Syndrome concerns, blended family challenges, and body image problems. Tammy describes her role as guiding people toward more joy, balance, and inner freedom.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
How emotionally focused methods work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and change patterns in how they express and respond to emotions. It focuses on the feelings underneath actions and aims to create new, calmer ways of relating to difficult emotions such as fear, shame, or grief. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they show up now; it helps people understand attachment needs and try different ways of asking for support. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and goals, with the therapist offering acceptance and gentle guidance to help the client find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tammy will work with each person to see which methods fit their goals and preferences, mixing emotional work with practical skills when useful. The plan can change as needs evolve and as the therapist and client learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people talk face-to-face; phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging are useful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and try tools between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Tammy address?
Tammy helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, anger, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and many life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive. She combines emotional exploration with practical skills and focuses on what clients want to change.
What is her professional background?
She has over 22 years of experience, including time as an addiction specialist, interventionist, and administrator at an adolescent treatment center.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tammy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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