Tamara Banks

Tamara Banks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 22 years in the counseling field. She provides a straightforward, compassionate approach and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and trauma. Tamara talks plainly about goals and works to make counseling feel practical and approachable.

She adapts methods to each person rather than using a single recipe. That can mean client-centered conversations that follow what matters most to the client, cognitive behavioral work to notice and change unhelpful thinking, or solution-focused steps to build small, manageable change. Tamara also draws on trauma-focused approaches when people bring histories of loss, abuse, or post-traumatic stress.

Tamara has worked with students and adults across a wide range of concerns, including parenting challenges, addictions, eating and body image struggles, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and life transitions. She also addresses more specific issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and blended family dynamics.

She earned her master’s degree in counseling and an Educational Specialist degree in counselor supervision from Marshall University Graduate College, and she also teaches there as an adjunct professor. Tamara combines clinical work with school counseling experience, which shapes a practical, results-oriented style.

If someone decides to work with her, she will discuss goals, match the approach to needs, and schedule sessions around available times. The emphasis is on clear steps, honest conversation, and helping people stabilize and move forward.

How Tamara’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on what matters most to the client and follows their pace. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist listen closely and respond to the client’s priorities while building trust and understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Delivered online, CBT can include short skill practice, homework, and clear steps to test new ways of thinking and behaving.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist work together to pick techniques that feel doable and useful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins when needed. It also lets clients use tools such as worksheets or brief messaging between visits if that fits the agreed plan.