Tami Brugman , LMFT

Tami Brugman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas with 24 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, ADHD, grief, and career or life-change challenges. She also supports those dealing with trauma, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and issues like codependency and infertility. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at making progress one step at a time.

She works from a client-centered stance, listening first to understand each person's priorities. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on practical steps they can take between meetings. Tami mixes different methods depending on the situation, using tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, hypnotherapy, and solution-focused ideas.

Tami believes the body and mind are connected, and she is studying Applied Psychophysiology at Saybrook University to deepen that perspective. That learning shapes how she tailors interventions for stress, sleep, chronic pain, and emotional regulation. She emphasizes skills people can use in daily life to reduce overwhelm and improve coping.

She has worked in community mental health and private practice settings. That variety informs her ability to help with both everyday struggles and more complex symptoms. Tami aims to be a collaborative partner, walking alongside people as they pursue their goals.

Her style tends to be compassionate and straightforward. She encourages small, measurable changes and adapts tools to fit each person's life and values.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Tami commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT helps people clarify what matters most to them and develop actions that match those values while accepting difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life context. That process can include trying different tools and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not specify them. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises, behavioral experiments, and homework tasks in the settings where they live and work, making therapy skills more immediately practical.