Tammy Russell, LMHC

Tammy Russell is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support. Tammy uses a respectful, empathic style and adapts conversations to each person's needs.

She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, and addictions. She also supports those dealing with trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and career concerns. Midlife crisis and questions about life purpose are among the topics she addresses.

Tammy works with mood and personality-related struggles, including bipolar symptoms, panic and obsessive-compulsive patterns. She also addresses caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and the effects of family-of-origin problems. Her practice includes attention to anger, impulsivity, and recovery after infidelity.

In sessions she tends to be straightforward and collaborative. Conversations focus on practical steps and on skills people can use between meetings. Tammy adapts her approach to fit a person’s goals, drawing from several therapy methods as appropriate.

Her credential is Licensed Mental Health Counselor, written as LMHC. Tammy sees clients from Florida and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation. The therapist listens closely and follows the person’s pace, helping them name concerns and set goals. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to make sense of big life questions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying small experiments to change them. It is practical for anxiety, panic, mood shifts, and some obsessive or compulsive patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive actions, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through options with each person and adjust methods based on goals and what feels most useful. That means plans may combine listening, skill-building, and short action steps between sessions.

If you plan to do therapy online, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow a shorter check-in when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists help decide what style and schedule will best suit a person’s day-to-day life.